Government policies make Canada’s pharmaceutical environment less attractive to drug companies.
waiting for medical treatment
September 16, 2020
10:22AM
More than one million patients in Canada waited almost 20 weeks (on average) for medically necessary care last year.
May 8, 2017
10:59AM
Ontarians can expect to wait 15.6 weeks between referral from a general practitioner and treatment.
June 13, 2014
6:00AM
The heated and often emotionally charged debate over the Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare) hasn’t subsided despite it being the law of the land for more than four years.
November 26, 2013
2:00AM
Waiting has become a defining characteristic of the Canadian health care experience. Patients stricken with illness, from mild to serious, must wait their turn for access to emergency care, family doctors, medical specialists, diagnostic scans, and treatment.
These delays, which can be quite substantial, impose needless costs on Canadians in terms of their economic, social, and mental well-being and can lead to less-desirable health care outcomes. Fortunately, this serious health care problem can be readily solved through policy reforms based on European successes.
May 13, 2013
2:00AM
With the deadline for filing income tax returns now passed, some Canadians may still be in shock at the size of their tax bills while others no doubt find solace in the belief that their taxes help pay for a high quality universal access health care system.
May 15, 2012
2:00AM
With the turning of the calendar to May, the effort to complete our income tax returns will slowly start to fade from memory.