Canada
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Parliament unanimously passed the Canada Health Act in 1984 and established a single-payer, publicly-financed health care system. To ensure a true government monopoly (is there any other kind?) Canadian provinces outlawed private health insurance.
Chaoulli v. Quebec UPDATE (June 9, 2005): In a 4 to 3 decision, the Canadian Supreme Court struck down Quebec's law that prohibits private medical insurance.
Surgery postponed indefinitely for 1,000 Kelowna patients
- Cathryn Atkinson, April 8, 2008 [Globe and Mail]
Majority of Que. dentists quit health-care system
- March 27, 2008 [CTV.ca]
Why Ontario keeps sending patients south
- Lisa Priest, February 22, 2008 [Globe and Mail]
Will Socialized Health Care in the US Kill Canadians?
- Don Surber, March 3, 2008 [Acton Institute]
Wait times for surgery, medical treatments at all-time high: report
- October 15, 2007 [CBC News (Canada)]
The Ugly Truth About Canadian Health Care
- David Gratzer, Summer 2007 [City Journal]
Cancer patients question why PET scan not covered
- May 28, 2007 [CBC News]
BC Medical Association: Waiting Too Long for Hip and Knee Surgery Costs $10,000 Per Patient-Maximum Wait Times Should Be No Longer Than 6 Months
- June 28, 2006 [CCN Matthews]
Ont. physician turns away patient for being 55+
- March 17, 2006 [CTV.ca]
Canada inches toward private medicine
- Rebecca Cook Dube, August 8, 2005 [CS Monitor]
Doctor defends private cancer clinic
- Gillian Livingston, July 15, 2005 [Canadian Press]
Dogma trumps truth in health-care issues
- D’Arcy Jenish, July 7, 2005 [Ontario Business News]
Why Canadians Purchase Private Health Insurance
- Walter Williams, June 20, 2005 [Capitalism Magazine]
Doctor welcomes health ruling
- June 9, 2005 [CBC Montreal]
Patients shouldn't wait more than 8 weeks for cardiac defibrillator: experts
- May 24, 2005 [Canadian Press]
Grads fail to slow doctor shortage
- Jennifer O'Brien, May 21, 2005 [London Free Press]
Free Canadian health care comes at cost
- April 10, 2005 [Arkansas Democrat-Gazette]
Canada's drug tab reaches $22 billion, report suggests
- Sheryl Ubelacker, CP, April 6, 2005 [London Free Press]
Canadian health care is free and first-class -- if you can wait
- Beth Duff-Brown, March 19, 2005 [The Associated Press]
Pediatricians, parents warn of shortage of community-based care for children
- Colin Perkel, March 4, 2005 [The Canadian Press]
Access to specialists difficult: study
- February 16, 2005 [CBC Calgary]
Doctor shortages, frustrations vary from region to region, survey shows
- February 15, 2005 [Canada.com]
Montreal leads the country in offering private health care
- Aaron Derfel, February 12, 2005 [Montreal Gazette]
Canada falling short on medical imaging
- February 9, 2005 [Macleans.ca]
Creative incentives required to retain older doctors
- Dr. Charles Shaver, January 20, 2005 [Toronto Star]
MRI gap defies cash fix
- Mark Kennedy, January 14, 2005 [National Post (Canada)]
A boy's plight, a nation's problem
- Lisa Priest, January 13, 2005 [The Globe and Mail]
Where's proof private clinics cost more?
- Tom Brodbeck, December 4, 2004 [The Winnipeg Sun]
Surgery backlog tops 5,500 at kids' hospitals; One-year waits common
- Aaron Derfel, December 3, 2004 [The Gazette (Montreal)]
Hospital wait lists to get worse, Carriere says
- Chris Traber, November 14, 2004 [Yorkregion.com]
Frustrated patients can't handle ER waits
- Jennifer Stewart and Jeffrey Simpson, October 28, 2004 [The Halifax Herald Limited]
Private medical clinic opens in Montreal
...it answers, "an ever-increasing demand from the public for greater accessibility and quality of health services." - October 13, 2004 [CTV.ca]
Canadians have higher death risk than Americans after heart attack: study
- Sheryl Ubelacker, September 20, 2004 [Canada.com]
Canadian medical tourists in India
- Jeremy Copeland, September 20, 2004 [CBC News]
Doctor shortage cripples Canada's free health care
- Clifford Krauss, September 18, 2004 [Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune]
Canada's Once-Proud Public Health System in Crisis
- David Ljunggren, September 14, 2004 [Reuters (Ottawa)]
Hospitals to cut, again
- September 5, 2004 [Toronto Star]
Canada's Medical Nightmare
- Robert J. Cihak, M.D., September 1, 2004 [Health Care News]
Canada faces shortage of doctors
- August 19, 2004 [MSNBC]
Canadians losing faith in health system: poll
- August 16, 2004 [CTV.ca]
Ontario hospitals a health risk
- Michael Hurley, August 8, 2004 [Toronto Star]
Need surgery? Here's how long you'll wait
"It's inhuman. The quality of my life is horrible and there's absolutely nothing I can do about it." - Jason Fekete, July 28, 2004 [Calgary Herald]
Docs, nurses fed up
Canadian doctors and nurses are fed up with inter-governmental "bickering" that is dragging
[Top]
Parliament unanimously passed the Canada Health Act in 1984 and established a single-payer, publicly-financed health care system. To ensure a true government monopoly (is there any other kind?) Canadian provinces outlawed private health insurance.
Chaoulli v. Quebec UPDATE (June 9, 2005): In a 4 to 3 decision, the Canadian Supreme Court struck down Quebec's law that prohibits private medical insurance.
Surgery postponed indefinitely for 1,000 Kelowna patients
- Cathryn Atkinson, April 8, 2008 [Globe and Mail]
Majority of Que. dentists quit health-care system
- March 27, 2008 [CTV.ca]
Why Ontario keeps sending patients south
- Lisa Priest, February 22, 2008 [Globe and Mail]
Will Socialized Health Care in the US Kill Canadians?
- Don Surber, March 3, 2008 [Acton Institute]
Wait times for surgery, medical treatments at all-time high: report
- October 15, 2007 [CBC News (Canada)]
The Ugly Truth About Canadian Health Care
- David Gratzer, Summer 2007 [City Journal]
Cancer patients question why PET scan not covered
- May 28, 2007 [CBC News]
BC Medical Association: Waiting Too Long for Hip and Knee Surgery Costs $10,000 Per Patient-Maximum Wait Times Should Be No Longer Than 6 Months
- June 28, 2006 [CCN Matthews]
Ont. physician turns away patient for being 55+
- March 17, 2006 [CTV.ca]
Canada inches toward private medicine
- Rebecca Cook Dube, August 8, 2005 [CS Monitor]
Doctor defends private cancer clinic
- Gillian Livingston, July 15, 2005 [Canadian Press]
Dogma trumps truth in health-care issues
- D’Arcy Jenish, July 7, 2005 [Ontario Business News]
Why Canadians Purchase Private Health Insurance
- Walter Williams, June 20, 2005 [Capitalism Magazine]
Doctor welcomes health ruling
- June 9, 2005 [CBC Montreal]
Patients shouldn't wait more than 8 weeks for cardiac defibrillator: experts
- May 24, 2005 [Canadian Press]
Grads fail to slow doctor shortage
- Jennifer O'Brien, May 21, 2005 [London Free Press]
Free Canadian health care comes at cost
- April 10, 2005 [Arkansas Democrat-Gazette]
Canada's drug tab reaches $22 billion, report suggests
- Sheryl Ubelacker, CP, April 6, 2005 [London Free Press]
Canadian health care is free and first-class -- if you can wait
- Beth Duff-Brown, March 19, 2005 [The Associated Press]
Pediatricians, parents warn of shortage of community-based care for children
- Colin Perkel, March 4, 2005 [The Canadian Press]
Access to specialists difficult: study
- February 16, 2005 [CBC Calgary]
Doctor shortages, frustrations vary from region to region, survey shows
- February 15, 2005 [Canada.com]
Montreal leads the country in offering private health care
- Aaron Derfel, February 12, 2005 [Montreal Gazette]
Canada falling short on medical imaging
- February 9, 2005 [Macleans.ca]
Creative incentives required to retain older doctors
- Dr. Charles Shaver, January 20, 2005 [Toronto Star]
MRI gap defies cash fix
- Mark Kennedy, January 14, 2005 [National Post (Canada)]
A boy's plight, a nation's problem
- Lisa Priest, January 13, 2005 [The Globe and Mail]
Where's proof private clinics cost more?
- Tom Brodbeck, December 4, 2004 [The Winnipeg Sun]
Surgery backlog tops 5,500 at kids' hospitals; One-year waits common
- Aaron Derfel, December 3, 2004 [The Gazette (Montreal)]
Hospital wait lists to get worse, Carriere says
- Chris Traber, November 14, 2004 [Yorkregion.com]
Frustrated patients can't handle ER waits
- Jennifer Stewart and Jeffrey Simpson, October 28, 2004 [The Halifax Herald Limited]
Private medical clinic opens in Montreal
...it answers, "an ever-increasing demand from the public for greater accessibility and quality of health services." - October 13, 2004 [CTV.ca]
Canadians have higher death risk than Americans after heart attack: study
- Sheryl Ubelacker, September 20, 2004 [Canada.com]
Canadian medical tourists in India
- Jeremy Copeland, September 20, 2004 [CBC News]
Doctor shortage cripples Canada's free health care
- Clifford Krauss, September 18, 2004 [Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune]
Canada's Once-Proud Public Health System in Crisis
- David Ljunggren, September 14, 2004 [Reuters (Ottawa)]
Hospitals to cut, again
- September 5, 2004 [Toronto Star]
Canada's Medical Nightmare
- Robert J. Cihak, M.D., September 1, 2004 [Health Care News]
Canada faces shortage of doctors
- August 19, 2004 [MSNBC]
Canadians losing faith in health system: poll
- August 16, 2004 [CTV.ca]
Ontario hospitals a health risk
- Michael Hurley, August 8, 2004 [Toronto Star]
Need surgery? Here's how long you'll wait
"It's inhuman. The quality of my life is horrible and there's absolutely nothing I can do about it." - Jason Fekete, July 28, 2004 [Calgary Herald]
Docs, nurses fed up
Canadian doctors and nurses are fed up with inter-governmental "bickering" that is dragging