MEDICARE SUSTAINABILITY:
FACTS & MYTHSbriefing2

M.P. Breakfast Briefing & Press Conference
House of Commons, Ottawa, June 17, 2010

Canadians are being told that public health care financing is not sustainable, and that the solution is a shift to more private health insurance and private delivery of services. Canada’s pre-eminent health economist Robert G. Evans, O.C., Ph.D., presented the facts and debunked the myths, and renowned pollster Nik Nanos reviewed the numbers.

Videos of the M.P.Breakfast Briefing (below)

Videos of the Press Conference (below)

News Release: Leading economist shatters myth that public health care is ‘unsustainable’; pins blame for soaring costs on private health care spending | Version Française

Powerpoint Presentation: Robert G. Evans

Powerpoint Presentation: Nik Nanos

Fact Sheet: Sustainability of Health Care: Myths and Facts | Version Française

Paper:  How Sustainable is Medicare? A Closer Look at Aging, Technology and Other Cost Drivers in Canada’s Health Care System - By Marc Lee

Paper:  Economic Myths and Political Realities: The Inequality Agenda and the Sustainability of Medicare - By Robert G. Evans

Article: Ignatieff must weigh in on health care  Toronto Star, June 28

Interview: Watch the CTV Interview with Nik Nanos  CTV News, June 28

Op-Ed:  Medicare as sustainable as we want it to be  Toronto Star, June 1

M.P. BRIEFING (6 Videos)

Part #1: Introduction by Bruce Campbell and Linda Silas

Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0I941XZ4pw

Part #2: Nik Nanos

Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCi6rhQn8Ok

Part #3: Robert G. Evans, O.C., Ph.D. (Pt. 1/4)

Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kl49pqDwbAM

Part #4: Robert G. Evans, O.C., Ph.D. (Pt. 2/4)

Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lf5xQkxMDI4

Part #5: Robert G. Evans, O.C., Ph.D. (Pt. 3/4)

Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYngwXV5ZMc

Part #6: Robert G. Evans, O.C., Ph.D. (Pt. 4/4)

Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ScM_u8iN9g

PRESS CONFERENCE (3 Videos)

Part #1: Press Conference (Pt. 1/3)

Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuhzXKWeoFY

Part #2: Press Conference (Pt. 2/3)

Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsG34FLmGHE

Part #3: Press Conference (Pt. 3/3)

Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYFO3tOIDgI

 
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