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How to create an affordable prescription drug plan
New Brunswick has opportunity to reduce pharmaceutical drug prices dramatically with a single payer system A version of this commentary appeared in the Huffington Post, the New Brunswick...
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Health Canada fails to enforce its own rules on pharmaceutical advertising
New study shows repeated infractions for wide range of drugs over a decade A version of this commentary appeared in the Montréal Gazette, the Victoria Times Colonist and the Huffington Post A handsome...
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Why employers in Canada waste $5 billion a year on inefficient drug coverage
A version of this commentary appeared in the Montréal Gazette, the Vancouver Sun and the Victoria Times Colonist There is certainly a lot of waste in health systems, but one area that seems to have...
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Getting a grip on the risks of vaccination
A version of this commentary appeared in the Toronto Star, the Medical Post and the Winnipeg Sun Every day when I see patients in my surgical clinic, some are offered a procedure to help them feel...
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Four things needed to make pharmacare work for Canadians
A version of this commentary appeared in the Hill Times, the Huffington Post and the Victoria Times Colonist A growing number of health professionals, patients, community groups and even politicians...
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Is it finally time for a national drug plan?
A version of this commentary appeared in the Toronto Star, the Huffington Post and National Newswatch A new study in the Canadian Medical Association Journal with health economist Steve Morgan as lead...
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Pharmacare is good for business
A version of this commentary appeared in the National Post, the Huffington Post and the Winnipeg Free Press Repeatedly over the past 50 years, national commissions and inquiries have recommended that...
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The other drug problem in Canada’s cities
How Canada’s piecemeal pharmaceutical drug insurance coverage costs Canadian cities – and taxpayers – plenty A version of this commentary appeared in National Newswatch, the Hill Times and the...
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Quebec’s outdated drug coverage policies should not be a model for the rest...
Quebec has the highest costs for prescription drugs per capita among all provinces A version of this commentary appeared in the Globe and Mail, the Huffington Post and Guelph Mercury In spite of very...
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Why we should think twice before we institutionalize national pharmacare
A version of this commentary appeared in the National Post and the Huffington Post Amalgamation always seems like a good idea. Greater Victoria has 13 municipalities, 13 councils, oodles of separate...
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Antibiotics — overprescribed and under-effective
Why antibiotic resistance can be deadly A version of this commentary appeared in the Ottawa Citizen and the Edmonton Journal I am privileged to help patients deal with a variety of common disorders...
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Is waiting longer for new prescription drug approvals necessarily a bad thing?
Why Canada’s ‘slow and low’ approach to new pharmaceuticals may be the prudent approach A version of this commentary appeared in the Montreal Gazette, the Calgary Herald and the Vancouver Province The...
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Canada’s chance to catch up on drug safety for children
Studying medicines in children is always possible and in their best interests A version of this commentary appeared in the Winnipeg Free Press, the Huffington Post and Waterloo Region Record Almost a...
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Pharmacare is for kids too
You are the parent of a sick child. You have a limited budget and you must decide to buy the medicine the doctor prescribed for your child or provide food and shelter for your family instead. What do...
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What should be covered by our publicly funded healthcare system?
Patients and doctors need to learn the difference between ‘need’ and ‘want’ A version of this commentary appeared in the National Post and Hill Times All across Canada provincial governments are...
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It’s time to think even bigger about national pharmacare
Make the evidence on drug safety and effectiveness public A version of this commentary appeared in the Toronto Star, Winnipeg Free Press and the Huffington Post Recently federal and provincial health...
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Solving Canada’s opioid epidemic must include tackling what got us into the...
A version of this commentary appeared in the Toronto Star, the Huffington Post and Vancouver Province By all accounts we are in the midst of a deadly drug epidemic so severe and widespread few people...
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Combating the over-medication of seniors
Time to accelerate the rate of change A version of this commentary appeared in CBC News, the Huffington Post and Victoria Times Colonist The case of ‘too much medication’ in Canadian seniors is...
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