NAFTA re-negotiations may threaten Canada’s steps toward universal pharmacare

 By Ruth Lopert and Steve Morgan A “modernized NAFTA” has significant implications for many sectors of the economy -- and health care is one of them.  What’s at stake?  Canadians’ right to universal access to affordable medicines. When negotiating with the U.S. and Mexico, Canadian trade and health officials would

What Problem Do We Believe Private Health Insurance is Going to Fix?

 Canada is about to face its second court challenge over restrictions on private health insurance when Dr. Brian Day’s case appears before the courts in September 2014.  It is true that there are examples of jurisdictions that value universal health insurance coverage and also allow private insurance – the UK

What the Future of American Health Care Means for Canada

 Will Obamacare impact Canadian health care policy? It’s among the many questions that were posed to Trudy Lieberman, past president of the Association of Health Care Journalists and press critic for the Columbia Journalism Review. Lieberman recently completed a cross-Canada public speaking tour, as a Fulbright Scholar and guest of the Evidence