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Missing teeth
Executive summary As part of the March 2022 Liberal-NDP Supply and Confidence Agreement, the federal government is creating a national public dental care plan—the most…
“Not broken, just underfunded”: for-profit care won’t reduce wait times, CCPA report says
TORONTO — The Ontario government’s plan to expand the use of for-profit corporations to provide surgeries and diagnostic procedures won’t reduce wait times and is…
“Not broken, just underfunded”: for-profit care won’t reduce wait times, CCPA report says
TORONTO — The Ontario government’s plan to expand the use of for-profit corporations to provide surgeries and diagnostic procedures won’t reduce wait times and is…
Time to grow social and education spending—it’s key to good health
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Medical care and social investments are not an either/or proposition.
Three key health policy movements are aligning
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Get Well Canada, well-being budgeting, and health-in-all-policies are converging to address the most critical factors shaping health are the economic, social and environmental conditions in which we live.
Social and medical spending: Flip sides of the same coin
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Research finds the ratio between health and social spending is key to understanding health outcomes.
Addressing the fundamental causes of population health inequality
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Health inequality is a persistent problem—and it’s directly tied to other forms of inequality.
Canada needs to move from individual choice approach to whole-of-society approach
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Half of our health and well-being is based on social determinants of health
How can we influence budgets?
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Building power to change social structures
Healthy public policy requires working within and beyond the health care system
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Population health metrics are about more than just health care—they’re about the society we live in.
Hennessy’s Index: GDP vs. Well-being
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More and more Canadians support governments prioritizing social metrics rather than just economic ones
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