Short on family doctors? Nurse practitioners can help

Short on family doctors? Nurse practitioners can helpAlberta plan to empower nurse practitioners is an innovative approach to healthcare reform By Emmanuelle Faubert and Krystle Wittevrongel Nearly one in eight Albertans don’t have access to a family doctor. That makes for roughly 600,000 of our fellow citizens who don’t have a physician regularly following up on their health and tracking its evolution. Alberta…

The downsides to the NDP’s universal drug insurance plan

The downsides to the NDP’s universal drug insurance planWhy tear down a system that actually works very well for the vast majority of us? To help or, at least, to do no harm. This principle should apply not only to healthcare, but also to public policies. During their recent convention, NDP members indicated that their support of Justin Trudeau’s government was at stake…

Why family doctors are leaving the Quebec healthcare system

Why family doctors are leaving the Quebec healthcare systemRed tape and waiting lists push doctors out of Quebec healthcare and toward independent practice When workers quit a workplace in large numbers, we tend to dwell – and rightly so – on what that workplace is doing wrong. When those workers are doctors, though, and what they’re leaving is our government-run health system, the…