Friday, the Federal Government issued correspondence to the provinces and territories regarding its newly introduced Canada Health Act Services Policy. As set out in this correspondence from the ...

While Premier David Eby says these changes are necessary to make sure health-care workers are clearly protected from ...

We need all of our health ministers to commit to honouring the Canada Health Act amid the country's crumbling health-care system. (Credit: Brent Calver) What makes Canada, Canada? The question is ...

A recent federal policy update and Quebec legislative changes are changing the healthcare landscape in Quebec, and may impact a variety of businesses operating in this sector. New Canada Health Act ...

Canada’s federal government is taking back health funding that it previously provided to provincial and territorial governments when it finds that patients are paying for medically necessary services ...

Nurse practitioners and other non-physicians could be able to bill OHIP directly under federal policy changes that represent a sea-change in the delivery of primary care across Canada. On Friday, ...

The Canadian Medical Association has called for a ban on payments for procedures long covered by public systems and is warning about contracting services out. By Ian Austen With perhaps 6.5 million ...

Naresh Tinani loves his job as a perfusionist at a hospital in Saskatchewan’s capital. To him, monitoring patient blood levels, heart beat and body temperature during cardiac surgeries and intensive ...

It is not unthinkable to envision the end of medicare. The system has two potentially fatal symptoms: a massive access to care crisis and poor value for money. One in five adults has no regular source ...