12-minute read
Setting the Record Straight on Health Care Funding in Canada
Is the responsibility for financing health care services being increasingly entrusted to private actors? Is there more private sector funding of care here than in Europe, as some maintain? Contrary to what certain commentators declare, we are not witnessing the gradual privatization of health care funding in Canada. This Economic Note demonstrates that this is a myth, at least when it comes to medically required care, which forms the core of our health care system.
4-minute read
Assurance-médicaments 100 % publique : une mauvaise idée et voici pourquoi
The costs of a public drug insurance monopoly.
6-minute read
Moi, Isabelle, 57 ans, infirmière et retraitée
Calculating retirement benefits for public sector employees.
6-minute read
La santé au Canada: Chaoulli, prise 2?
The courts might soon make more room for the private sector in the funding and delivery of care.
9-minute read
The Public Health Care Monopoly on Trial: The Legal Challenges Aiming to Change Canada’s Health Care Policies
Canadian patients still have very few options when it comes to health care services. The provision of care that is considered medically required remains largely monopolized by the public sector in each province. The role of private health insurance is limited solely to the coverage of services not insured by the public system. This Research Paper examines the legal challenges aiming to change Canada’s health care policies.
3-minute read
Taxez le Pepsi, et ils boiront de la bière
The ineffectiveness of a soda tax.
5-minute read
Tabac: le vrai débat qui se cache derrière la fumée
The use of "plain and standardized packaging" for the sale of tobacco products.
4-minute read
Plain Tobacco Packaging Targets the Basic Rights of Businesses
The use of "plain and standardized packaging" for the sale of tobacco products.
6-minute read
Nationaliser l’assurance médicaments serait une erreur
The advantages of having a mixed public-private drug insurance system.
4-minute read
National pharmacare plan not the answer
The advantages of having a mixed public-private drug insurance system.