Tag: canada healthcare

Unaffordable housing, spiraling cost of living and poor job prospects will not reduce the number of people immigrating to Canada, as some fear. Rather, the TYPE of person who immigrates…

(Image Credit: James St. John via flickr.com; the image is at this link. Used without modification under Creative Commons Licence) Recent media reports about the Ford govt ‘underspending on healthcare…

The suggestion that we should offer Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) as a way to save money in what we euphemistically call our ‘healthcare’ system is as appalling as it…

Shortage of nurses is among the latest hot topics in Canada right now, but the problem actually goes back at least 13 years. In trademark Canadian fashion, we are paying…

In Manitoba, 200 patients need spine surgery. The province has 7 spine surgeons. And yet, the waitlist is years-long. ‘Universal healthcare’ takes the control away from the individual (patient), because…

Our fanatical commitment to keep out 2-tier healthcare system is giving birth to a 2-tier healthcare system. But it’s hidden from sight, so we can continue pretending that we have…

The combined effect of ever-rising healthcare spending AND ever-lengthening wait times is a complex form of misery that, if quantified, can help us work to improve our healthcare system. Here…

Many Canadians are convinced that the shortcomings of our healthcare system are primarily – if not solely - due to insufficient funding. But official data shows that this is not…

In 46 years, our healthcare spending went up from $1 out of every $14.29 of GDP to $ 1 out of every $7.87 of GDP. This means we have 45%…

The foundational defect in Canada’s universal healthcare system is that its delivery is determined by an administrative process that is singularly focused on bureaucratic procedure, at the expense of actual…