health care spending

8:59AM
Printer-friendly version
New health minister should not repeat predecessor’s mistakes

Canada now has the most expensive universal health-care system in the world.


4:00AM
Printer-friendly version
Canada can learn lessons from Europe to fix our broken health-care system

At the beginning of 2023, at least 645,000 Canadians were waiting for surgery.


9:38AM
Printer-friendly version
B.C.’s cross-border cancer care initiative—necessary, bold and hypocritical

The median wait between specialist visit to treatment in the province exceeded what physicians consider reasonable by more than one month.


10:49AM
Printer-friendly version
Provinces strengthen their shackles in exchange for more federal health-care dollars

The Canada Health Act severely limits the ability of provinces to innovate and experiment with health-care policy.


8:34AM
Printer-friendly version
Overwhelming evidence—it’s time to fix Canadian health care

Canada ranked last on the timeliness of both specialist and elective surgical care.


4:00AM
Printer-friendly version
Canada’s aging population—what does it mean for government finances?

At the provincial level, an aging population is putting upward pressure on health-care spending.


5:00AM
Printer-friendly version
Alberta faces future of declining resource revenues and aging population

By 2043, Albertans aged 65 or older will account for a projected 19 per cent of the province's population.


12:16PM
Printer-friendly version
Alberta’s fiscal challenges will continue post-pandemic

The proportion of Albertans age 65 and over will reach 18.8 per cent by 2040.


10:08AM
Printer-friendly version
Canada’s health-care system—the status quo is unsustainable

Our aging population will put significant pressure on health-care expenditures.


12:05PM
Printer-friendly version
The real election losers—balance sheet, health care, federalism

On health-care wait times, Canada consistently ranks lowest among comparable countries with universal health care.