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Philpott should act on instincts and promote Dutch-style health-care reform in Ontario

The Dutch health-care system outperformed Canada’s system on 27 of 39 performance measures.


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Other countries with universal health care don’t have Canada’s long wait times

In Germany, patients can seek private care while still insured by the public system.


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Government meddling contributes to doctor exodus in Quebec

Australia’s health-care system costs less than Canada’s yet delivers more rapid access to health-care services.


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Policymakers in Ottawa and Edmonton maintain broken health-care system

Canada ranked dead last on wait times for specialist care and non-emergency surgeries.


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Bill Maher is right about Canadian health care

Among countries with universal health care, Canada has some of the lowest numbers of physicians, hospital beds and MRI machines.


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Public-private partnerships the norm in higher-performing universal health-care systems

The median wait time in Ontario last year (21.6 weeks) was more than twice as long as the 9.1-week wait in 1993.


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Canadian policymakers should learn from Australia’s health-care system

Australia’s health-care system outperformed Canada’s on many measures including the availability of physicians and hospital beds.