Healthcare reform Posts

Really, it's Time to Talk about End-of-Life Care

July 12, 2013

“Every man must do two things alone; he must do his own believing and his own dying.” Nobody wants to talk about ...

CARP Advocacy Highlights

July 12, 2013

Editor's Note: Welcome to CARP's Advocacy Highlights, a column that will give you the elevator pitch on all of our ...

Canada Needs Pharmacare

June 28, 2013

Conversations around the need for pharmacare reform have been taking place for many years. Notably, a watershed paper ...

Breaking News! Quebec considering LTC policy proposal precisely mirroring CARP ask

May 31, 2013

Editor’s Note: In the coming years, a greater number of Canadians will need institutional and home-based LTC, further ...

CARP Proposes “One Patient” – a New Outlook on Healthcare

September 21, 2012

September 21, 2012 - Another new front opened in 2012 – national health care reform. The federal government’s ...

The True Cost of Healthcare

September 21, 2012

September 21, 2012 – Canadians are generally proud of our healthcare system, even if we know it’s not always ...

CARP Members Speak Out: Healthcare Poll Summary

September 20, 2012

As CARP has been following various health issues, we have constantly asked our members share their thoughts and ...

North Bay Town Hall Meeting on Healthcare

September 7, 2012

Editor’s Note: On September 6th 2012, Betty Dean, CARP’s North Bay Chapter Chair, attended a Town Hall Meeting on ...

Can We Expect Better Health Care Reform?

August 10, 2012

National health care reform is the issue of the year and decade. The federal government’s refusal to negotiate a new ...

Ask an Expert: How Can Canadians Guarantee Better Health Outcomes

June 13, 2012

This guest column is written by Dr. David Jadwin, a pathologist who has created a quality review platform that gives ...