Noralou Roos, PhD
Noralou Roos is a community health professor.
Policy
The Canadian health care system is often held up as an example to model or to avoid at all costs in the debates on health care in America, and elsewhere. Yet there are a startling number of misconceptions -- on…
The Canadian health care system is often held up as an example to model or to avoid at all costs in the debates on health care in America, and elsewhere. Yet there are a startling number of misconceptions — on both sides of the partisan divide — about how the Canadian health system actually works, often from experts who should know better. Here are the facts.
1. Doctors are self-employed, not …
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5 things people get wrong about Canada’s health system
Policy
It is easy to assume that the real problem with our healthcare system is “not enough” – not enough physicians, not enough MRIs, not enough money. But a growing number of studies show that more healthcare is not always better…
It is easy to assume that the real problem with our healthcare system is “not enough” – not enough physicians, not enough MRIs, not enough money.
But a growing number of studies show that more healthcare is not always better and the more expensive drug or treatment option is not necessarily the right choice. In fact, sometimes more care – specifically care that you don’t need – can be harmful for …
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