Former Winnipegger David Gratzer on Michael Moore’s film “Sicko.”
David Gratzer
A New “Day” for the CMA
Well known critic of Canada’s health care system, Dr. Brian Day, has been elected president of the Canadian Medical Association. Is this a sign that the CMA is ready for a change as well?
Romanow’s report: gone and forgotten
The freshly minted report prepared by Roy Romanow is dead on arrival.
Medical Savings Accounts Could Put Choice Back Into Health Care
Medical savings accounts would help inject freedom of choice and personal responsibility back into health care, spur some badly needed changes in techniques and technology, and save billions of dollars.
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Canadian Property Rights Index 2023
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Alberta Politics and Empty Promises of Health-care Solutions
The writ has been dropped and Albertans are off to the polls on May 29. That leaves just four weeks for political leaders and voters to sort out what is arguably the most divisive, yet significant, issue for this election - health care. On Day 2, NDP leader Rachel...
Private health — it works for Sweden
Private hospitals? Contracting out of health services? Last week, Mr. Harris flirted with the unthinkable: “If we’re going to have a universal system, we should not be afraid to say, ‘Can the private sector run this hospital better? Can they provide this service better? If they can, why should we fear that?’ “
Moving Beyond the Medicare Orthodoxy
Why is it that Canada’s two main political parties have virtually identical positions on medicare, while the public is now looking for new options?