by Heather | Jun 26, 2017 | Access
When I first heard about the report Unnecessary Care in Canada, I thought it was an April Fools’ joke. I have yet to meet a patient troubled by too much access to medical care in Canada. Trying to get an appointment to see your family doctor, if you’re...
by Heather | Jan 23, 2017 | Canadian Health Care Information, Health Care Legislation
Back in 1962, Saskatchewan patients and doctors rose up to defend their individual freedom against socialism’s stealthy constitutional attack. In the end, legislation passed forcing them to surrender their freedom to government control and the doctor/patient...
by Heather | Mar 9, 2016 | Access
Since my youth I have heard politicians glorify universal health care. They say it’s a system based on Canadian values and part of our Canadian identity. All political parties are guilty of using access to health care as a bartering tool for elections. While...
by Heather | Jun 12, 2015 | Access
We all know that health care doesn’t grow on trees. Falsely advertising Medicare as providing access to health care for all based on “need and not ability to pay” doesn’t change the underlying fact that medical goods and services cost money....
by Heather | Jun 17, 2013 | Health Care Legislation
Two patient cases challenging the Alberta government’s monopoly on health care will be heard at the Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench in Calgary on June 25, 2013. I’m making the trip from Saskatchewan to Alberta because I want to hear firsthand the...
