MEDICARE SUSTAINABILITY:
FACTS & MYTHS

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

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

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 By Robert G. Evans, Toronto Star, June 1

M.P. BRIEFING (6 Videos)

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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For-profit, privatized health care is a serious threat to your health and your wallet. More for-profit, privatized health care means less public health care - something Canadians cannot afford. Overwhelmingly, Canadians support our public health care system. But there are a small number of powerful opponents, including insurance companies, right-wing politicians and financially motivated doctors, who are trying to sabotage it. The Canadian Health Coalition is launching a major campaign to expose the dangers of (and alternatives to) private, for-profit health care in Canada. We hope you will join us!

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MEDICARE SUSTAINABILITY:
FACTS & MYTHS