In the Commonwealth Fund’s rankings of health-care systems, Canada scored a dismal ninth out of 11 countries.
Canada health care system
September 30, 2016
8:34AM
In 2014, Canadian physicians reported that patients faced an 18.2 week wait from referral by a general practitioner to receipt of treatment.
September 26, 2016
1:05PM
The federal health minister seems aware that policy innovation—not more money—is necessary to improve Canadian health care.
September 26, 2016
3:05AM
With the freedom to innovate, provinces experimented with a wide range of welfare reforms.
September 22, 2016
1:30AM
September 20, 2016
2:06PM
Our health-care system is expensive, delivers poor-to-modest results, and fails to achieve many of its laudable aspirations.
September 8, 2016
12:45PM
In a recent speech, federal Health Minister Jane Philpott acknowledged that Canada’s health-care system is in desperate need of repair.
April 5, 2016
3:03AM
Hospital care in Germany is delivered by 833 public, 1,040 not-for-profit, and 1,356 for-profit hospitals.
March 31, 2016
10:26AM
American presidential candidates who want to emulate elements of the Canadian model invite significant negative unintended consequences.