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1. Bill Maher is right about Canadian health care

   Among countries with universal health care, Canada has some of the lowest numbers of physicians, hospital beds and MRI machines. ...

2. Alberta’s bureaucratic shuffle bears little resemblance to necessary health-care reforms

   Australia, Switzerland and Germany all deliver more timely universal care with comparable levels of spending to Canada. ...

3. Canadian policymakers should learn from Australia’s health-care system

   Australia’s health-care system outperformed Canada’s on many measures including the availability of physicians and hospital beds. ...

4. Understanding universal health care, Part 4: Cost-Sharing for Patients in the Netherlands

   Dutch residents must purchase a standard insurance package from one of several private insurers. ...

5. Rethinking Long-Term Care in Canada: Lessons on Public-Private Collaboration from Four Countries with Universal Health Care

   The long-term care sector in Canada has received a lot of media attention since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. This is not surprising, given the tragic consequences that have affected the residents of public and private nursing homes and their ...

6. Time to Reform the Canada Health Act

   Canada’s provincial health-care systems have long suffered from a policy-driven confluence of high spending and poor performance. While some provinces have attempted minor reforms, all have largely remained committed to the status quo of monopolistic ...

7. Comparing Performance of Universal Health Care Countries, 2018

   Comparing the performance of different countries' health-care systems provides an opportunity for policy makers and the general public to determine how well Canada's health-care system is performing relative to its international peers. Overall, ...

8. Comparing Performance of Universal Health Care Countries, 2019

   Comparing the performance of different countries’ health-care systems provides an opportunity for policy makers and the general public to determine how well Canada’s health-care system is performing relative to its international peers. Overall, the data ...

9. Federal government embraces co-payments and ‘dual billing’ for dental care—but not health care

   Ottawa's plan won’t replace existing provincial and territorial programs that already cover some oral health services. ...

10. Comparing Performance of Universal Health Care Countries, 2023

    Comparing the performance of different countries’ health-care systems provides an opportunity for policy makers and the general public to determine how well Canada’s health-care system is performing relative to its international peers. Overall, the data ...