With governments up against higher health care spending, partnerships between the public and private sectors can offer innovative ways of controlling costs and improving services. Experience shows that such partnerships in construction and hospital management can provide major advantages. However, those who develop public policy must negotiate carefully and devise rules that are well thought out to ensure universal access, quality care and greater efficiency.

Public opinion favours a bigger private role in insurance and the delivery of health services in Canada.

Public opinion favours a bigger private role in insurance and the delivery of health services in Canada.

The MEI reacts to the Mazankowski Report on Alberta’s health care system.

The MEI reacts to the Mazankowski Report on Alberta’s health care system.

Health care reform in Canada.

We are proposing a new approach to the financing, insuring and delivery of medical and hospital services. While retaining universal entitlement to Medicare insurance, as a core publicly funded service, we propose a new concept of universal private choice. This includes Medicare, as well as voluntary private medical, hospital and health insurance alternatives, as exist in all other OECD countries. Our aim is to improve quality, access and choice for all Canadians.

Canadians and private health care.

The costs related to job security and work rules in healthcare institutions.

The Clair Commission on health care reform.