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Fast Facts: The social and economic conditions that produce poor health
In a recent editorial (“Aboriginal HIV Rates Disturbing”) the Winnipeg Free Press expressed concern about the rising incidence of HIV infection in, among other places,…
Fast Facts: When will they ever learn?
OECD report repeats flawed analysis The OECD’s latest report on Canada’s economy emphasizes the challenge of rising healthcare costs. It contains several propositions, but only…
Dangerous Cargo
Nuclear waste to be transported through the Great Lakes Critics on both sides of the Canada-U.S. border are slamming a plan by Bruce Power, Canada’s…
Why Canadians need universal pharmacare
The current system for buying prescription drugs in Canada is a hybrid system of multiple public and private drug plans. This system is totally dysfunctional,…
Fiche d’information: Économies réalisables grâce à l’assurance médicaments
Attachments Fiche d’information assurance medicaments
National pharmacare plan could save up to $10.7 billion a year: study
OTTAWA—A universal public pharmacare plan could generate savings of up to $10.7 billion on prescription drugs, says a new study released today by the Canadian…
Argumentaire économique pour un régime universel d’assurance-médicaments
Coûts et bénéfices d’une couverture publique pour tous Download 1.87 MB94 pages
The Economic Case for Universal Pharmacare
Costs and benefits of publicly funded drug coverage for all Canadians Download 2.23 MB 86 pages The main argument that is typically made against the…
Fact Sheet: The economic case for Pharmacare
Attachments Fact Sheet: The economic case for Pharmacare
Fast Facts: Health Care – A Timely Reminder
Last month the Commonwealth Fund – a United States organization promoting evidence-based quality health care in that country – published a study comparing the U.S.…
Rolling Thunder Census Review
The sound of backlash to the government’s decision on cutting the Census long-form questionnaire continues to rumble across the country. Tuesday’s Globe and Mail published…
The “Unsustainability Myth”
Don’t believe claims Medicare is becoming unaffordable Total health care spending in Canada has been rising in recent years, taking larger shares of government revenues…
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