August 2009 Archive Posts

In Defence of Canadian Healthcare

August 7, 2009

Canada's health-care system has come in for a drubbing in the battle over U.S. health-care reform. Critics, many of ...

Mythbusting Canadian Health Care — Part I

August 7, 2009

2008 is shaping up to be the election year that we finally get to have the Great American Healthcare Debate again. ...

Obama’s AARP Town Hall on Healthcare Reform

August 7, 2009

On July 28th, President Obama hosted an AARP town hall webcast to pitch his reforms to older Americans. He assuaged ...

Shona Holmes: The New Figurehead for the American Anti-Public Healthcare Campaign

August 7, 2009

Holmes is the new figurehead for the American anti-public healthcare campaign: she’s testified before Congress, ...

Senator Majory LeBreton’s Response to Elder Abuse Survey

August 7, 2009

"I was pleased to see how engaged CARP members are on the important issue of elder abuse. It was very encouraging to ...

How Does Canada’s Health System Actually Work?

August 7, 2009

OTTAWA — Canadians can be of two minds about their public health care system. Tommy Douglas, a former premier of ...

Elder Abuse Public Service Annoucement Survey Analysis

August 7, 2009

Survey Results The government of Canada has recently launched an anti-elder abuse ad campaign, the anti-elder abuse ad ...

PET Scan Update

August 6, 2009

The Ontario government just announced that PET scans will be publicly funded for certain cancer and cardiac patients ...

Using Retirement Homes as Way Stations between Hospitals and Long-Term Care Homes: What You Need to Know

August 6, 2009

Hospitals across Ontario lack available acute care beds as a portion of these beds are occupied by patients who no ...

What happened to Catastrophic and Rare Disease Drug Coverage?

August 6, 2009

The increased importance of pharmaceutical drugs in Canadian health care was not foreseen during the drafting of the ...