Canada imposes complete government control over people's access to medically necessary care.
Health Care
October 12, 2016
4:00AM
Diseases such as rabies, malaria and leprosy still afflict many in less-developed countries.
September 30, 2016
8:34AM
In 2014, Canadian physicians reported that patients faced an 18.2 week wait from referral by a general practitioner to receipt of treatment.
September 26, 2016
3:05AM
With the freedom to innovate, provinces experimented with a wide range of welfare reforms.
September 20, 2016
12:40PM
Dr. Brian Day, former head of the Canadian Medical Association, is currently fighting to allow private treatment for patients.
September 15, 2016
3:00AM
Aspects of the Canada Health Act discourage provinces from emulating policies found in Australia, the United Kingdom, France and Germany.
August 23, 2016
3:38AM
The average Canadian family can expect to pay $11,494 this year for public health care.
July 20, 2016
9:45AM
Canada’s premiers are meeting in Whitehorse, Yukon this week and health-care transfers from Ottawa may be high on the agenda.
July 5, 2016
1:45PM
Canada will increasingly be an outlier among developed countries.
June 28, 2016
12:45PM
Province contracted-out select day surgeries to private clinics, expanding total surgical capacity in a short period of time.
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