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REACTION: Alberta’s embrace of activity-based funding is great news for patients, MEI says
CALGARY, AB, April 7, 2025 – Alberta’s move to fund acute care services through activity-based funding follows best practices internationally, points out an MEI researcher following an announcement made by Premier Danielle Smith earlier today.
IEDM – Financer les soins privés pour lutter contre les délais d’attente – Emmanuelle B. Faubert
March 12, 2025 | 12 min. 17 sec. | Le PM (KYK-FM) Interview (in French) with Emmanuelle B. Faubert, Economist with the […]
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REACTION: Quebec is right to emulate Sweden’s health care guarantee, says MEI
Montreal, March 12, 2025 — By offering to reimburse Quebecers for treatment by private specialists when delays in the public healthcare system are too long, the Quebec government would improve access to health care, says an MEI researcher in response to a report by Radio-Canada this morning.
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Boosting Long-Term Care to Improve Hospital Access in Alberta
Allowing independent health providers to open up new continuing care facilities or contribute to home care services could reduce the number of hospital beds occupied by patients who need alternate levels of care in Alberta, according to this MEI report.
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Ottawa’s rushed pharmacare deals risk sacrificing quality coverage
If Ottawa replaces private coverage with a government monopoly, companies may decide not to offer certain medications here at all.
MEI – How is the government addressing patient deaths on waiting lists? – Emmanuelle B. Faubert
Part 2 of an interview with Emmanuelle B. Faubert, Economist with the MEI, about the state of Canada’s healthcare system. Published on December 23, 2024, on The News Forum.
MEI – How are patients suffering in Canada’s healthcare system? – Emmanuelle B. Faubert
Part 1 of an interview with Emmanuelle B. Faubert, Economist with the MEI, about the state of Canada’s healthcare system. Published on December 23, 2024, on The News Forum.
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Potential change to Quebec’s drug insurance plan a worry
While civil servants might see it as one line too many in the budget, the exceptional patient measure helps keep our health care system from becoming more dysfunctional than it already is. The health minister must leave it alone.
IEDM – La CAQ fait une guerre stupide au privée en santé! – Renaud Brossard
Interview (in French) with Renaud Brossard, Vice President, Communications at the MEI, about the mandatory five-year conscription for new physicians in Quebec’s public health network. Broadcast on December 12, 2024 as part of the Ian & Frank podcast.
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In Canada, ‘the doctor will NOT see you now’ — and it’s a problem
Fixing Canadian health care means acknowledging that a universal system can include private as well as public providers.