The Canada Health Act has not changed substantially for four decades. “No one thought it would go untouched for 40 years,” says Bill Tholl, a senior policy adviser for Monique Bégin back in 1984.

Canada’s health-care system is under siege. The country is still grappling with an acute crisis in our hospitals stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic while the slow-moving quagmire caused by the ...

I live in the gap between what the health system promises and what it delivers. Even with a strong support network, I’m the ...

One of the key reforms that CCD has long advocated for is the right for people to name a family member or friend to be ...

It seems almost paradoxical that in these times of unparalleled economic prosperity, reduced personal taxes and national budget surpluses most developed countries are worried about the sustainability ...

OTTAWA, ON, Jan. 10, 2025 /CNW/ - Canadians are facing significant challenges when it comes to our healthcare system – from overwhelmed emergency rooms, to lack of access to a primary care ...

According to the 2020-2021 Canada Health Act Annual Report, for the most part, provincial and territorial health-care insurance plans met the requirements of the Canada Health Act.

OTTAWA, ON, Jan. 10, 2025 /CNW/ - The Canadian Medical Association (CMA) welcomes the clarity that the federal government brought today to the Canada Health Act and agrees that all primary care ...

Canada’s system has always been a mix of private and ... large transfer payments to the provinces to help their cover health care costs come with conditions laid out in the Canada Health Act.

The Canada Health Act, now 40 years old, sets out the conditions by which Ottawa transfers $50 billion annually to the provinces. The act forbids charging patients for “medically necessary ...

Under the Canada Health Act (CHA), which took effect in 1984, medically necessary services that are provided by physicians must be publicly funded.

OTTAWA, ON, Jan. 10, 2025 /CNW/ - Canadians are facing significant challenges when it comes to our healthcare system – from overwhelmed emergency rooms, to lack of access to a primary care provider, ...