Towards significant changes
This paper published by the Canadian Health Care Consensus Group (CHCCG) is based on remarks by Claude Castonguay, considered one of the fathers of Quebec’s health care system. He says the system needs in-depth reform and there's an urgent need to modernize the Canada Health Act. "The future of our ...
A First Look at the Numbers
"Most of the public-private spending debate in Canada is superficial, based on numbers that participants toss around but that they can't actually be bothered to look at in any detail," warns A First Look at the Numbers, a new background paper from the Canadian Health Care Consensus Group (CHCCG). The ...
The Good News
Is the increasing cost of prescription drugs bankrupting the health care system? In this Research Paper, authors Julia Witt and Brian Ferguson examine the question and conclude that better access to pharmaceuticals actually saves money on hospital and emergency department budgets. "The literature suggests that the better the coverage for ...
When Tea and Sympathy are not Enough
The Atlantic Institute for Market Studies (AIMS) has published the summary of its conference on the catastrophic gap in prescription drug coverage. Considered one of the most pressing issues on the health care scene, more and more Canadians are finding out first hand it can be a devastating problem. The ...
Going Public on What is Private
Much of the health care Canadians receive today comes from private sources, yet the most heated debate in Canada revolves around public versus private health care. "Most of us get most of our health care from private sector suppliers," the paper points out. "Doctors, for example, and especially family physicians, ...
