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Caring for the Future
While COVID-19 didn’t cause the crisis in long-term care, it certainly exposed it for all to see. In Saskatchewan we witnessed the unprecedented step by…
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Leave the patchwork for the quilts: The case for national pharmacare
FEBRUARY 2, 2015 The Canadian Health Coalition (CHC) was founded in 1979 as a public advocacy organization dedicated to the preservation and improvement of medicare.…
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Armine Yalnizyan talks care economy, economic theory, and walking with giants
The following text is a transcript of a speech given by Armine Yalnizyan, Atkinson Fellow On The Future Of Workers and former senior economist at…
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Missing teeth
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 significant expansion…
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A Critical Assessment of Virtual Mental Health Care for Rural Nova Scotians
Download 1.17 MB8 pages The COVID-19 pandemic has had devastating impacts on mental health and healthcare systems across Nova Scotia and the country. While demand…
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A reason to smile: National dental care is a smart health care investment
The federal Liberal-NDP agreement has resulted in the first step toward a national dental care program, starting with children. There’s a strong case to grow this public investment
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Would pharmacare spell trouble for drug companies?
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has brought the issue of prescription drug access back to the fore as questions of affordable access became international news in…
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Mental health, substance use and COVID19: Getting ahead of a perfect storm
What can we expect from the combination of social isolation, sky-high stress, job losses, food and housing insecurity, grief, closures of regular services and supports,…
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Face to face with COVID-19: How do we care for care workers?
In the midst of a global pandemic, are workers in long-term care (LTC) and home care in Ontario getting the support they need to do…
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How pharmacare can offset higher drug prices post-CETA
Canada recently dodged a bullet when the House Democrats negotiated the removal of extended periods of monopoly protection for biologic drugs, such as treatments for…
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The conversation I’d like us to have on Bell Let’s Talk day
“Why treat people and send them back to the conditions that made them sick? We need to treat people, but we need to address the…
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