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Healthcare Policy Initiative

Health Policy

Healthcare Policy Initiative

Canada’s healthcare systems are under increasing pressure: a rapidly aging population, new demands for services, fiscal challenges, and awkward interfaces between publicly and privately funded services are among the challenges to which Canadians must adapt. Sound research and advice from independent sources will be integral to achieving desirable policy outcomes. The C.D. Howe Institute’s Healthcare Policy Initiative is an ongoing program to produce research, analysis and events to raise the level of debate around Canadian healthcare and to help motivate policy improvements.

The program will address critical issues such as: international lessons on financing and incentives; defining the services provided under public plans; incentives and funding arrangements for hospitals and healthcare providers; federal and provincial policy on pharmaceuticals; options for primary-care reform; access and quality of care. As with all the Institute’s work, the program aims to provide research that is rigorous, evidence-based, and peer-reviewed, recommendations that are relevant, constructive, and timely, and communications that are clear, authoritative and practical.

Co-Chairs

Neil Fraser

Medical Technology Executive & Health Innovation Policy Advisor

Fred Horne

Senior Fellow

Members

Director, Patient Access & Healthcare Policy, Boehringer-Ingelheim Canada Ltd

CEO, Richard Alvarez & Associates

Director, Government Affairs and Advocacy, Amgen

CEO and Co-Founder, Maple

Director, Global Government Affairs and Public Policy, Sun Life Financial

President and CEO, LifeLabs

Executive Director, Policy and Government Affairs, Merck Canada

Director, Government Relations, TELUS Health

VP, Head of Underwriting and Claims, Chief Underwriter, Manulife

FRCPC, Professor, Emergency Medicine, Family Medicine and Policy Studies, former Dean, Faculty of Health Sciences, Queen's University

Chief Executive Officer, CarePartners

President and CEO, Mohawk Medbuy

Former Governor, Bank of Canada; Senior Advisor, Bennett Jones LLP

Chief Executive Officer, Ontario Long-Term Care Association

Senior Fellow, C.D. Howe Institute; Adjunct Professor, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto; Innovation Fellow, WIHV

Director, Government Affairs & Public Policy, AstraZeneca Canada

CEO, Canadian Blood Services

President and CEO, Canada Health Infoway

Vice President, Policy, Regulatory and Legal Affairs, Innovative Medicines Canada

President, GE Healthcare Canada

Associate Director, Federal Relations, Pfizer Canada

President, Canadian Generic Pharmaceutical Association

President & CEO, Alberta Blue Cross

Director, Government Affairs and Policy, Medical Technology (Canada), Johnson & Johnson

President and CEO, The Conference for Advanced Life Underwriting

Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Lozon Associates

Vice President, Public Affairs, BD

Head of Strategy and Government Affairs, Canada, Siemens Healthcare

President and CEO, Canadian Institute for Health Information

Vice President, Corporate Affairs, Sandoz Canada

President, Medavie Health and Chair, Health Excellence Canada

Partner, Life Sciences and Healthcare Leader, Deloitte Canada

Vice President, Government Affairs, Quebec and Eastern Canada McKesson Canada

Associate ADM, Strategic Policy Branch, Health Canada

Vice President, Group Benefits, Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association

President and CEO, Southlake Health

President and CEO, SE Health

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