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Explainer: What ails Canada's healthcare system?

(7 days ago) WEBTotal health spending in Canada was expected to reach C$331 billion in 2022, or C$8,563 per Canadian, according to the Canadian Institute for Health Information. Total health expenditure in 2022

https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/what-ails-canadas-healthcare-system-2023-02-07/

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The health system is bad now. It's going to get a lot …

(8 days ago) WEBIn 2019, 17.6 per cent of Canada’s population was aged 65 and over but this age group was responsible for 45.1 per cent of the country’s public health spending. For the age group 85 and older

https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/the-health-system-is-bad-now-its-going-to-get-a-lot-worse-and-heres-why

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Canadian health care: Issues with access to timely care

(2 days ago) WEBPublished Sept. 7, 2022 2:09 a.m. PDT. Share. Two out of five Canadians say they were unable to access essential health-care services in the last six months, according to a new Angus Reid report

https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/canadians-now-less-confident-in-their-health-care-system-than-americans-are-survey-1.6058045

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Canada's health-care crisis: Who's accountable, and how can we …

(9 days ago) WEBDuring the conversation, Favaro – Canada's longest-serving on-air medical correspondent – inventories the list of long-standing issues plaguing the universal health-care system Canadians rely

https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/canada-s-health-care-crisis-who-s-accountable-and-how-can-we-fix-an-overburdened-system-1.6255774

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Canada pledges billions to help fix healthcare system

(9 days ago) WEBThe Canadian government has pledged nearly C$200bn ($149bn; £124bn) in funding over 10 years to aid the country's ailing healthcare system. The funding was pitched as a generational fix for …

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-64574072

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COVID or not—Canada’s health-care system faces major challenges

(2 days ago) WEBOur health-care system struggled long before the pandemic—again, despite consistently being a top spender. But the news this year isn’t all bad. Canada performed better than the average universal health-care country on survival rates for heart attacks (ranking 9th out of 27), breast cancer (5th out of 26) and rectal cancer (6th out of …

https://www.fraserinstitute.org/article/covid-or-not-canadas-health-care-system-faces-major-challenges

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Working together to improve health care for Canadians. - Canada.ca

(Just Now) WEBThe Government of Canada announced today an investment of $196.1 billion over 10 years, including $46.2 billion in new funding, for provinces and territories to improve health care services for Canadians. This funding will be distributed partly through the Canada Health Transfer (CHT) and partly through tailor-made bilateral agreements with

https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/news/2023/02/working-together-to-improve-health-care-for-canadians.html

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Canada: Health System Reforms and Challenges - World Health …

(Just Now) WEBCanada: Reforms and Challenges. “What is most distressing to many observers of the Canadian system is the persistence of its problems over time. 69 Change in Canada is often slow and incremental, by contrast with the major and rapid transformations often observed in reforms of the UK’s National Health Service. 70 It is …

https://healthsystemsfacts.org/national-health-systems/national-health-insurance/canada/canada-health-system-challenges/

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Canada's Health Care System - Canada.ca

(8 days ago) WEBThe federal government. The federal government's roles in health care include setting and administering national principles for the system under the Canada Health Act; financial support to the provinces and territories; and several other functions, including funding and/or delivery of primary and supplementary services to certain groups of people.

https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/health-care-system/reports-publications/health-care-system/canada.html

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Despite high spending, Canada’s health-care system is failing badly

(5 days ago) WEBDespite high spending, Canada’s health-care system is failing badly. Appeared in the Winnipeg Fee Press, November 23, 2022. In the pandemic’s wake, with mounting surgical backlogs, physician shortages and burned out nurses, Canada’s health-care system is teetering. While some hope we can spend our way out of this problem, a new report

https://www.fraserinstitute.org/article/despite-high-spending-canadas-health-care-system-is-failing-badly

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Canada's health-care system is 'collapsing around us,' warns CMA

(1 days ago) WEBThe strain placed on Canada's health-care system during the COVID-19 pandemic shows no sign of abating, and now the top official of the Canadian Medical Association is warning that problems may

https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/canada-s-health-care-system-is-collapsing-around-us-warns-cma-president-1.5948416

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The Daily — Top five highlights from a new report on the health of

(2 days ago) WEBIn 2021, almost 2.5 million Canadians had unmet health care needs, meaning they felt that they needed health care in the past 12 months, but did not receive it. Unmet health care needs were more prevalent in the Atlantic provinces (10.7%), compared with the rest of Canada. More females (8.9%) than males (6.9%) reported unmet health …

https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/230913/dq230913b-eng.htm

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Overwhelming evidence—it’s time to fix Canadian health care

(8 days ago) WEBOver the summer, physicians, politicians and policy experts have rang the alarm bells, warning Canadians about the beleaguered state of our health-care system. While many of the proposed solutions focus on individual issues (the physician shortage, for example), few address the systemic nature of the problem. In reality, Canada’s …

https://www.fraserinstitute.org/article/overwhelming-evidence-its-time-to-fix-canadian-health-care

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Canada’s health care crunch has become ‘horrific and inhumane,’ …

(6 days ago) WEBAs Canada’s health-care system grapples with yet another season of respiratory illnesses, doctors are raising the alarm over its ability to stay afloat.

https://globalnews.ca/news/10224314/canada-healthcare-emergency-room-crisis/

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10 ways to fix Canada’s health care system right now

(4 days ago) WEBCanada’s health care system requires major reform and possibly radical solutions. Here are 10 solutions to these problems that might be achieved without having to resort to increased privatization.

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-canada-health-care-crisis/

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Canada’s health care crisis: What we need now CMA

(7 days ago) WEBHeading into the fall, the CMA’s new president Dr. Alika Lafontaine – a passionate leader with a commitment to rebuilding health care for the next generation – will continue giving physicians a voice where it matters most. There is no silver bullet for a crisis decades in the making. Tough decisions need to be made. We will be at the table.

https://www.cma.ca/latest-stories/canadas-health-care-crisis-what-we-need-now

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Major healthcare system issues in Canada in 2022 Statista

(2 days ago) WEBSep 28, 2023. A 2022 survey found that 63 percent of Canadian individuals indicated a lack of staff was the biggest problem facing the national healthcare system. Access to treatment and/or long

https://www.statista.com/statistics/736176/top-healthcare-system-issues-in-canada/

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Moving Forward on Pharmacare for Canadians - Canada.ca

(9 days ago) WEBOn December 18, 2023, the Government of Canada announced the creation of the Canadian Drug Agency with an investment of over $89.5 million over five years, starting in 2024-25.The Agency will provide the dedicated leadership and coordination needed to make Canada's drug system more sustainable and prepared for …

https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/news/2024/05/moving-forward-on-pharmacare-for-canadians.html

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Health care in Canada: Poll shows concerns CTV News

(8 days ago) WEBOTTAWA -. Most Canadians don't think the quality of health care in their province is likely to improve, a new survey suggests, despite new federal health accords with several provinces designed to

https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/70-per-cent-of-canadians-worried-they-won-t-get-quality-medical-attention-poll-1.6739694

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CBD: Safe and effective? - Mayo Clinic

(4 days ago) WEBA prescription cannabidiol (CBD) oil is considered an effective anti-seizure medication. However, further research is needed to determine CBD's other benefits and safety.. CBD is a chemical found in marijuana.CBD doesn't contain tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the psychoactive ingredient found in marijuana that produces a high. The usual …

https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/consumer-health/expert-answers/is-cbd-safe-and-effective/faq-20446700

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Whales Have an Alphabet - The New York Times

(Just Now) WEBtranscript. Whales Have an Alphabet Until the 1960s, it was uncertain whether whales made any sounds at all. 2024-05-24T06:00:11-04:00

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/24/podcasts/the-daily/whales-song.html

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