Medicare: Facts, Myths, Problems & Promise
Edited by Bruce Campbell and Greg Marchildon
Publisher: Lorimer (November 2007)
ISBN: 9781552770009
At last an authoritative answer by authorities on health care in Canada. In 39 concise chapters, 39 specialists cover the achievements of Canada’s way of guaranteeing everyone health care, how it happened, the pressure by the corporatist lobbies and their thoughtless think tanks to undermine Medicare piece by piece, and the future development of Medicare toward prevention and sustainability. For anyone involved in health care - and for every citizen who cares about the future of this social program - this book offers a unique source of reliable, independent information and analysis from experts who share a basic commitment to the values of medicare. At a time when ideologues and advocates of privatization capture much of the attention of the media and politicians, this collection is an invaluable source of information and ideas.
http://www.policyalternatives.ca/reports/2007/11/reportsstudies1758/?pa=f2ed34d4
About Canada Health Care
By Pat & Hugh Armstrong
Publisher: Fernwood Publishing (April 2008)
ISBN: 9781552662465
Health care is Canada’s best-loved social program—and for good reason. For more than 30 years, Canadians have enjoyed high quality health care based on need and not on ability to pay. But it is a complex system: changes proposed and those already underway can be difficult to understand and evaluate. What do ‘public’ and ‘private’ mean as they apply to our current health care system and in proposed reforms? As the boomer generation ages, will the growing number of seniors bankrupt Medicare? What do we mean by wait times and are they increasing? Who pays for drugs and how can we ensure Canadians have equitable access to necessary drugs? Can technologies significantly improve care and reduce costs? This book explains how the Canadian system works and assesses reforms underway.
http://www.fernwoodpublishing.ca/book/326
The Bottom Line: The Truth Behind Private Health Insurance in Canada
By Colleen Fuller
Publisher: NeWest Press (April 2006)
ISBN: 9781897126103
The Alberta government has been looking to the private sector—and in particular to private health insurance—to solve health care problems. In this highly readable and well-researched book, Diana Gibson and Colleen Fuller get to the real story behind private health insurance and offer viable solutions for strengthening Canada’s public health care system from within.
http://www.amazon.ca/Bottom-Line-behind-private-insurance/dp/1897126107
Prescription for Excellence: How Innovation is Saving Canada’s Health Care System
By Michael Rachlis
Publisher: Harper Collins Canada (February 2004)
ISBN: 9780002006613
A brilliantly simple solution to our health care woes that doesn’t require a lot more money or privatization. Prescription for Excellence is esteemed health policy analyst Michael Rachlis’s blueprint for innovative best practices—many of which already exist across the country. It lays out a plan to eliminate emergency room and hospital overcrowding, maximize our access to doctors through teamwork and reform our incredibly inefficient waiting system for tests or treatment. With his impressive talent for deconstructing complex policy issues into clear and understandable analysis, Michael Rachlis has delivered an indispensable guide for all Canadians.
http://www.michaelrachlis.com/product.pfe.php
http://www.amazon.ca/Prescription-Excellence-Michael-Rachlis/dp/0006394493
Why Wait? Public Solutions to Cure Surgical Waitlists
By Alicia Priest, Michael Rachlis, Marcy Cohen
Publisher: Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
ISBN: 9780886275327
Why Wait? highlights the success of new public management initiatives in reducing wait times in British Columbia. The authors note the successes of new public management structures in North Vancouver, Richmond, and at the University of British Columbia, as well as across Canada in cutting wait times. They recommend that the BC government not adopt privatization as a solution to reduce wait times, but rather focus on the success of public initiatives before adopting private insurance and private clinics. The report highlights success in provinces such as Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Ontario where wait times were reduced by investing in the public system.
Le Privé Dans La Santé
Sous la direction de François Béland, André-Pierre Contandriopoulos, Amélie Quesnel-Vallée et Lionel Robert
Les Presses de l’Université de Montréal (novembre 2008)
ISBN : 9782760621244
Près de 40 ans après l’implantation de son régime public et universel d’assurance maladie, le Québec voit renaître – sous des formes apparemment nouvelles et avec plus de force que jamais le vieux débat sur la prestation et le financement privés des services de santé.
http://www.pum.umontreal.ca/ca/fiches/978-2-7606-2124-4.html
