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1. Twitter tiff sparks health-care debate free of apt comparisons

   A recent tweet prompted what one journalist dubbed a “Canadian love-in for public health care.” Nathan Rubin, the founder of “a podcast aimed at young American progressives,” tweeted that “[m]illennials don’t hear socialism and think ...

2. New pricing regulations may restrict access to innovative drugs in Canada

   We should all be concerned about Canadians who have difficulty paying for their prescription medications. Unfortunately, Ottawa’s response—to increasingly regulate the prices of all patented medicines—is misguided. Simply forcing ...

3. Canada's health-care gift horse hardly free

   Appeared in the Ottawa Sun, July 31, 2018 The Canadian health-care system is often described as being “free” simply because we don’t pay any money at the doctor’s office or hospital. Defenders of the status quo often claim that this feature of our so ...

4. The Price of Public Health Care Insurance, 2018

   Canadians often misunderstand the true cost of our public health care system. This occurs partly because Canadians do not incur direct expenses for their use of health care, and partly because Canadians cannot readily determine the value of their ...

5. Changes to Ontario drug program a (very small) step forward

   The original OHIP+ provided limited coverage to a population that largely didn’t need assistance. ...

6. The private cost of health-care queues in Canada

   Appeared in the Vancouver Sun, June 7, 2018 It’s no secret that Canadians face some of the longest wait times for health care in the developed world. In fact, according to the Fraser Institute’s annual survey of physicians, at 21.2 weeks from referral to ...

7. The Private Cost of Public Queues for Medically Necessary Care, 2018

   One measure of the privately borne cost of wait times is the value of time that is lost while waiting for treatment. Valuing only hours lost during the average work week, the estimated cost of waiting for care in Canada for patients who were in ...

8. Ottawa’s rules make health care worse

   Appeared in the Moncton Times-Transcript, May 18, 2018 What makes health care in our country uniquely Canadian? It’s certainly not the goal to ensure universal access to care regardless of ability to pay. That goal is shared by at least 28 other high ...

9. Is the Canada Health Act a Barrier to Reform?

   Despite spending more on health care than the majority of developed countries with universal-access health-care systems, Canada performs poorly in international comparisons of the performance of health systems. Canada’s health policies also differ from ...

10. We should stop demonizing private clinics—and the patients who need them

    Appeared in the Vancouver Sun, April 26, 2018 Earlier this month, on the heels of a new threat from the British Columbia government to fine doctors who accept private payment for treatment already covered by the government-run health-care system, a trial ...