A clear consensus exists today in Canada, that we need major health system reform to
improve quality, safety and value for money. However, we remain polarized on one critical …

“If a few opinion surveys are to be believed, Medicare is, for most Canadians, quasi
synonymous with citizenship. It is the cornerstone of their idea... of nationhood. It is almost as …

ABSTRACT The Marchildon and Sherar (2018) paper provides some useful insights: the
role of primary care, improved approaches to physician compensation and the importance of …

The most important issue facing Canadian health care today is access to services. But who
decides what services will be publicly funded, and how? The essays in Just Medicare …

Canadian Medicare is, once again, under attack. Despite being wildly popular among
Canadians, and internationally admired, our system of universal insurance for “medically …

Physicians in British Columbia are striking to protest a spending cap that was passed in
spite of requests for mediation. Physicians are taking turns in closing their offices for a few …

American health care is at a crossroads. Health spending reached $3.5 trillion in 2017. Yet
more than 27 million people remain uninsured. And it's unclear if all that spending is buying …

The new president of Canada's National Medical Association is an outspoken advocate of
greater privatization of Canada's national health care system. Dr. Brian Day, who was …

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In July 1962 the doctors in the province of Saskatchewan, Canada, withdrew their services
and through their own committees provided only an emergency medical service. This action …