How to get Canada off the health-care teeter-totter: Shawn Whatley for The Hub
Medicare does not struggle for lack of ideas or funding. It struggles from funding thrown at the same tired ideas rooted in similar...
Pandemic mistrust may eventually improve health care: Jack Mintz in the Financial Post
If there is one prediction to make from the COVID-19 pandemic, health care will be a major issue for Canadians for years to...
Saskatchewan model shows private clinics have a role to play in public health care: Janice MacKinnon in the National Post
Private clinics can provide quality services at a lower cost than comparable hospital-delivered services, writes Janice MacKinnon in the National Post. Below is...
False Premise - Federal Regulation of Drug Prices as a Step to National Pharmacare: Rawson and Adams in the National Newswatch
Advocates for national pharmacare who insist on control of drug prices, not by negotiation but by federal regulation, may have built hopes on...
It's time to learn to live with COVID: Golden, Grant, Srigley and Whatley in the National Post
The benefits of elimination attempts have greatly diminished with rising vaccination rates and more effective treatment strategies for COVID-19, write Alanna Golden, Jennifer...
Appeal court exposes PMPRB abuse of power and bias on drug pricing: Nigel Rawson and John Adams in the Financial Post
The Appeal Court’s unanimous decision demonstrates that the Patented Medicine Prices Review Board is out of control in an anti-industry, anti-patient witch-hunt, write...
How have provinces fared in combating COVID Misery? Richard Audas in Brunswick News
While nobody will feel that they’ve had good luck in the face of the pandemic, in Atlantic Canada our experiences have been far...
Pandemic management is a matter of balancing “health vs. health": Straight Talk with Dr. Martha Fulford
OTTAWA, ON (June 30, 2021): Canadian policy-makers don’t seem to have evolved much in their approach to handling COVID-19 since the early days...
Canada Simply Cannot Afford The Current Approach to Health Care: Shawn Whatley for Inside Policy
Canada simply cannot afford the health care we have promised our citizens, yet we maintain the myth of 'care when you need it...
Time for the PMPRB to go: Nigel Rawson and Brett Skinner in the Hill Times
The PMPRB has abused its independence. The functional purpose of the PMPRB is no longer relevant, write Nigel Rawson and Brett Skinner in...