The Beacon – 13 January 2012
The Effectiveness of the Common Drug Review in Canada's National Drug Strategy, PRPPs are compared to other options, Bill Black discusses Halifax's potential stadium and the provincial government's request for RHAs to cut spending, AIMS President & CEO Charles Cirtwill on investing in children, AIMS submission to the HoC re: CETA negotiations is outlined.
The Beacon – Merry Christmas from AIMS!
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from AIMS!
Good governance first step toward curing system ills
AIMS Board Member George Cooper explains that no progress can be made in our health care system until we fix its governance.
Young Love
In this paper, AIMS Research Intern John Kennedy argues that attracting and retaining Gen Y may be the key to economic growth in Atlantic Canada – and offers some insight as to how to get them here (to stay).
Medicare malaise: a remedy
Tommy Douglas dreamed of a world where rich and poor alike had access to worthwhile and high-quality care. AIMS Health Policy Fellow David Zitner writes that instead, Canadian rich and poor pay the same amount for care — nothing — but the care they receive is different.
Health plan slammed
As NS Premier Dexter opposes the federal plan to pay health transfers to the provinces on a per capita basis, AIMS points out there is already unequal health care, but this plan will create more divergence.