Tag Archives: social assistance

It’s time to tear down the “welfare wall” for persons with disabilities It’s time to tear down the “welfare wall” for persons with disabilities
By Sherri Torjman
A society with no poverty would be healthier, happier and easier to live in — and would save us all money in the end
By Gary Bloch

As a family doctor who works largely with people living on low incomes, poverty is at the root of many of the illnesses I treat.

Thinking outside the lab
By Ted Bruce

Instead of curing disease, public health measures work on preventing disease by addressing factors that create illness in the first place: social, economic and physical environments, personal health practice and access to health services.

New Health Accord should reject per capita funding model — and consider frailty instead
By John Muscedere

The Health Minister should craft a new federal arrangement for health funding based on age — but should go one step further and include the more precise and evidence-based concept of “frailty”.”

New Health Accord should reject per capita funding model — and consider frailty instead
By John Muscedere

Our health system is scrambling to meet the needs of older individuals with multiple, simultaneous and often inter-related health and social issues that threaten their independence — the essence of frailty.

We’ve Normalized the Abnormal
By Yoni Freedhoff

The world we have allowed to rise up around us makes unhealthy living the normal default behavior. If you have to go out of your way to make healthful choices, then go figure the vast majority of us won’t.

New Health Accord should reject per capita funding model — and consider frailty instead
By John Muscedere

Frailty is a better determinant of health outcomes and healthcare utilization than age alone

Why its never too late for low income Canadians to file their taxes Why it’s never too late for low income Canadians to file their taxes
By Gary Bloch and John Silver

Most Canadians would like to see an end to poverty. What if we told you that one organization, using the existing social benefits system, found a way to get $21 million into the pockets of 9,000 low income individuals in Winnipeg?

What can we learn from a basic income pilot What can we learn from a basic income pilot?
By Laura Anderson and Danielle Martin

The Basic Income Guarantee is having a moment.
Hot on the heels of Quebec’s plans to work towards a basic income guarantee and a Globe and Mail Editorial Board endorsement came an announcement last Thursday of a pilot as part of Ontario’s provincial budget.

How-doctors-can-tackle-the-poverty-of-their-patients-without-leaving-the-doctor’s-office How doctors can tackle the poverty of their patients without leaving the doctor’s office
By Gary Bloch and Sharon Macdonald

Can a question asked in a doctor’s office contribute to ending poverty for patients and their families? This is what we asked ourselves 10 years ago, as we set out to convince health providers to tackle poverty.


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