Commentaries, Patient Financing of Healthcare (The Patient Pays)
Why workers over 65 years of age should be entitled to employer health plans tooImagine having your private health insurance — dental, vision, prescription drug, life, travel and disability coverage — suddenly terminated by your employer at age 65 while you’re still working for them, and just when you may really need it.
Why private health insurance coverage in Canada needs a reviewLast week, the media carried a story about a nine-year-old boy in New Brunswick who was denied private health coverage because of his weight (at 5 foot 2 inches and 135 pounds). His family were shocked – as were many reading the story – that a child could be denied private health coverage in Canada.
Health reform in Ontario must include oral healthThe Ontario government’s proposed reform of the provincial health care system is going forward with a glaring omission: primary mouth care.
These ten medical expenses could give you a tax breakAs Canadians we like to take pride in our publicly funded healthcare system, but the truth is many of us — especially those with or caring for someone with disabilities or chronic conditions — pay out of pocket for a wide range of essential health services.
BC doctors’ election represents crossroads for the future of medicine in CanadaNormally provincial medical association elections are not national news. The one vote difference between first and second place in the race for president of the Doctors of BC – later declared a tie after a recount – might be enough to grab people’s attention.
It’s time to include dental health in the healthcare systemThere are many reasons why some Canadians choose not to go to the dentist, but a new report released this week from the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences (CAHS) found that cost is a major factor — and that Canada’s most vulnerable populations have the highest rates of dental decay, pain and disease, but the worst access to this much needed healthcare service.
Look to Alberta today, not twenty years ago, for guidance on private MRIsThis past week, Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall took to twitter to ask the question “Is it time to allow people to pay for their own private MRIs in Saskatchewan like they can do in Alberta?
Five things most Americans get wrong about Canada’s healthcare systemThe Canadian healthcare system is often held up as an example to model or to avoid at all costs in the debates on healthcare in this country. Yet there are a startling number of misconceptions — on both sides of the partisan divide — about how the Canadian health system actually works.
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