Canadian Health Care: Coming soon to a republic near you
Based on a presentation to the international health reform conference in Washington hosted by the Galen Institute and the International Policy Network.
Cost and Consequences of Government Health-Care Decision Making
As the United States again debates the merits of publicly funded health care, AIMS President Brian Lee Crowley cautions not to repeat the mistakes of the Canadian health care system. His reamarks to an international conference on health reform in Washington, D.C. are highlighted in this blog posting.
The Beacon – 04 March 2009
From the Atlantic Gateway to the recession to gasoline price regulation to reference pricing - this Beacon has a little bit of everything.
Use as Needed
This paper examines the practice of "Reference Pricing". Basically it’s a method used to control spending on prescription drugs by public and private insurance systems. Under this approach, drugs which are judged to be interchangeable are classified in therapeutic classes, and a reimbursement ceiling is set up for the whole class.
Building a National Health System: Learning from other countries’ mistakes
Based on the Annual Economic Lecture of the Cyprus Economic Society and the Bank of Cyprus, presented by AIMS Fellow in Health Care Economics Brian Ferguson.
Americans pay big tort tax on drugs
In this op-ed that appeared in the Providence Journal, AIMS President Brian Lee Crowley explains why drug re-importation from Canada will not solve the problem of rising prescription drug costs in the United States. He reminds Americans how the US legal system imposes a huge tax on health care that Canadians do not have to pay.
Another Voice / Drug reimportation: Without tort reform, effort won’t lower costs much
In this op-ed that appeared in the Buffalo News, AIMS President Brian Lee Crowley explains why drug re-importation from Canada will not solve the problem of rising prescription drug costs in the United States.
Physician (Dis)empowerment: The View from Canada
A Commentary based on remarks for a conference organized by the Center for Medicine in the Public Interest (CMPI), Washington, D.C.
Nursing home needed a lot of patients when they want to recover their illness
The New Brunswick government is looking at its ageing population and talking about the need to plan now for more nursing home beds. In this story, AIMS Executive Vice President Charles Cirtwill points out that it is better for the private sector to supply the extra beds, then burden the province's taxpayers.
The Beacon – 22 May 2008
In this edition of The Beacon, AIMS releases the first step in its new Municipal Report Card project.