Rosalie Wyonch – Inflation and Healthcare: A Long and Bumpy Road Ahead
From: Rosalie Wyonch To: Canadian Inflation Watchers Date: June 13, 2022 Subject: Inflation and Healthcare: A Long and Bumpy Road Ahead Everything seems to be getting more expensive – inflation at 6.8 percent is at a 31-year high, and has been above Canada’s 2-percent target since April 2021. Food and shelter are up by 8.8 and 7.4 percent […] Cheung Pang Wong – Pathways to Better Pandemic Preparation
The C.D. Howe Institute put out a call late last year for Intelligence Memos from next-generation policy leaders. The purpose of the program is to provide a platform for new or soon-to-be graduates to raise their profiles, showcase their ideas, and build their professional networks. This week we are releasing the work of the top […] To fix Canadian health care, let’s try the Dutch model – Globe and Mail Op-Ed
The pandemic has revealed the fragility of Canada’s health care system, and there is growing recognition that changes are needed to curb rising costs and promote efficiency. But in a health care financing model such as ours, change is difficult, especially with responsibility spread across various political masters. We should try a different approach, based on a model such as that in the Netherlands, which scores better on criteria such as completeness of coverage and wait times.
Canadian medicare, of course, is often described as a “single-payer model” because everyone in a given province or territory is covered by the same government plan. Doctors and hospitals derive virtually all of their revenue from the government plan in…
Drummond, Sinclair – Calling the Shots on Health Workforce Planning
From: Don Drummond and Duncan Sinclair To: Canada’s Ministers of Health Date: May 27, 2022 Re: Calling the Shots on Health Workforce Planning We need a governance model to call the shots on Health Human Resource Planning (HHRP) in Canada’s provinces and territories, and where it counts most, in the communities and regions where health services are delivered. […] Drummond, Sinclair – Why is Health Human Resource Planning Not Happening?
From: Don Drummond and Duncan Sinclair To: Canada’s Ministers of Health Date: May 26, 2022 Re: Why is Health Human Resource Planning Not Happening? Many groups have recently awakened to the need to plan ahead to ensure the supply of qualified providers to meet the changing health and healthcare needs of Canada’s population. We need to embed the use […] Vaccines for the next pandemic: Connaught 2.0 is not the answer – Financial Post Op-Ed
The COVID-19 pandemic has focussed attention on Canada’s preparedness for the next pandemic, especially in terms of vaccine development and self-sufficiency. As we faced disruptions in the supply of COVID vaccines from other countries, many politicians, academics and pundits called for a public agency that would be charged with pandemic vaccine production and possibly vaccine development, as well.
Advocates for a new public vaccine agency cite the historic example of Connaught Labs, which was founded in 1914 at the University of Toronto. Over the years, Connaught made advances in the development and manufacture of vaccines for diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus, smallpox and polio, among others. In 1972, the federal government…
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The frequency of viral outbreaks and pandemics in the last two decades, including the current COVID pandemic, has focussed attention on Canada’s pandemic preparedness generally and its pandemic vaccine development and production self-sufficiency, in particular. As Canada faced disruptions in the supply of COVID vaccines from other countries, there were numerous calls for a […] Going Dutch: Choice, Competition and Equity in Healthcare
The Dutch Model: A Cure for What Ails Canadian Healthcare? As progress on modernizing Canadian healthcare delivery remains very slow, and with medical advances and an increasingly aging population, health policymakers should look to the Dutch model, which provides a good example of how managed competition can promote efficiency while preserving the principles of universal […] Chris Bonnett – The Phoenix of National Pharmacare
From: Chris Bonnett To: Pharmacare Watchers Date: April 7, 2022 Re: The Phoenix of National Pharmacare The Liberal-New Democratic Party agreement last month contained four healthcare goals: Universal national pharmacare, an income-tested dental care program, a Safe Long-Term Care Act and intergovernmental cooperation to improve health outcomes. Each is ambitious, especially in a three-year legislative timeframe, and achieving all […] Fixing, Funding, and Reforming Health Services
Fixing, Funding, and Reforming Health Services A serious conversation about fundamental changes required to tackle rising cost pressures in Canadian healthcare is long overdue. A new C.D. Howe Institute study demonstrates the importance of controlling Canada’s healthcare costs and improving its efficiency, unless we are prepared to fund the rapidly increasing cost burden. Without significant […] Drummond, Sinclair – How To Spend Less On Healthcare
From: Don Drummond and Duncan Sinclair To: Canadians Concerned About Healthcare Date: March 14, 2022 Re: How to Spend Less on Healthcare Health spending now consumes some 12.7 percent of Canada’s GDP, swollen temporarily by the cost of COVID-19 exigencies, but once settled down is still likely to grow at 5 to 6 percent per year, exceeding by […]