Other countries deliver high-performing universal health care at similar (or lower costs) than in Canada.
Health Care
June 14, 2016
3:00AM
High level of spending has not yielded high value in return—Canada has some of the longest wait times for treatment in the developed world.
May 31, 2016
5:04PM
Canadian Medicare did not start out as a national institution. It started in one province, Saskatchewan, and spread to others over the years.
May 18, 2016
11:47AM
Since the passage of the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) the quality of health insurance plans in the United States has gone down, while premiums have gone way up.
May 2, 2016
9:01AM
Canadian health-care bureaucrats will likely be asked to explain Canada’s single-payer system to U.S. campaigns.
April 26, 2016
1:18PM
Long wait times costs Canadians time and money.
April 5, 2016
3:03AM
Hospital care in Germany is delivered by 833 public, 1,040 not-for-profit, and 1,356 for-profit hospitals.
March 31, 2016
10:26AM
American presidential candidates who want to emulate elements of the Canadian model invite significant negative unintended consequences.
March 23, 2016
3:00AM
Only four provinces allow people to buy private insurance for the kinds of health care provided by the government system.
March 15, 2016
3:00AM
France spends slightly less (as a percentage of GDP) on health care than Canada, and has a higher number of physicians and hospital beds, and lower wait times.
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