The French health-care system features several safety nets to protect vulnerable patients.
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The Canada Health Act severely limits the ability of provinces to innovate and experiment with health-care policy.
November 24, 2022
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Canada ranked last among universal health-care countries for specialist appointment waits and receipt of elective surgery.
October 28, 2022
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Outpatient pharmaceuticals in Belgium are usually partially reimbursed through a third-party payer scheme.
September 28, 2022
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Australian patients can choose to be treated in hospital as either a public or private patient.
August 12, 2022
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The cost of health care has increased by 210.3 per cent while incomes have only risen 116.3 per cent.
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There's a clear imbalance between health-care spending and performance in Canada.
July 19, 2022
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In most universal health-care systems, patients share the cost of care through deductibles, co-insurance and co-payments.
June 23, 2022
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The vast majority of universal health-care systems worldwide employ some form of cost-sharing.