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Activity-based funding in Canadian Hospitals and other Surgical Facilities - More

The Sustainability of Medicare
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Apr 16, 2009, - For-profit won't heal health care - The Star - By Michael Rachlis - More

April 10, 2009, Counterpoint: No time to give up on health care principles - The National Post - By Linda Silas, Kaaren Neufeld, and Dr. Danielle Martin - More

Photo of Dr. MackiePhoto of Dr.Irfan Dhalla March 17, 2009, The real health care lessons from Europe - "if we truly want to bring the lessons of European health care to Canada, we should realize that privatization has never been the European prescription." - The Ottawa Citizen - By Irfan Dhalla and Chris Mackie - More

Photo of Dr. White February 13, 2009, Private insurance makes health care worse - Australian experience proves the idea would lead only to disaster - The Victoria Times Colonist - By Randall White - More

February 4, 2009, Standing up for our public healthcare system - The McGill Reporter - By Adam HofmannMore

January 17, 2009, CDM Board member, Simon Turcotte, speaks about public health care to Residents in Québec; More

Innovations in Medicare

Across Canada, there are dozens of innovative projects that are improving access, quality and cost-effectiveness while maintaining or even improving equity.

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How the U.S. measures up to Canada's health care system

In this extended interview, Uwe Reinhardt, a leading adviser on health care economics and professor of political economy at Princeton University, compares the Canadian and American health care systems. More
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Understanding Health Care "Privatization"

To understand privatization we need to distinguish between who pays for health care and who delivers health care. The delivery side is confusing because people often refer to "public" when they mean "private, not-for-profit."
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On Health Care Financing

"The common argument that countries 'cannot afford' to meet growing needs for health care through tax financing, and must therefore draw in other sources of finance, makes no economic sense.
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""Privatizing Canada's health care system, even a little, will inevitably cause costs to rise and access to decline. The wisest course for Canada is to expand and reinforce the public system, not undermine it." - CMAJ, October 2008 - More


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CMA Discussion paper - "It's About Access" - CDM Comment
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In the News

June 5, 2009, The Star.com, Public health care worth saving, By Ahmed Mian.
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April 07, 2009, The Medical Post, There's a fly in the ointment of Ouellet's health-care cure, By Matt Borsellino .
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February 10, 2009, The Ottawa Citizen, The hip bone's connected to the wallet - Three good reasons why private clinics don't work, By Julie Mason.
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Essential Reading

Privatizing health care is not the answer: lessons from the United States, Canadian Medical Association Journal, Vol. 179(9). - More

A Visit Down Under: Our Journey to Improve Canada's Healthcare System, Healthcare Quarterly, Vol. 11 No. 3, 2008 - More

FEDERAL ELECTION 2008 Questions CDM asked the Party leaders.

Key Reports

Romanow Report on The Future of Health Care in Canada.

Future of Health Care in Canada



Why Wait? Public Solution to Cure Surgical Waitlists By Alicia Priest, Michael Rachlis and Marcy Cohen

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