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The Flawed COVID-19 Model That Locked Down Canada
Restrictions continue to be gradually eased in Canada, but as there is talk of a second wave, it is more important than ever to question the case for lockdown. This MEI publication provides a critique of Professor Neil Ferguson’s epidemiological model, which led to lockdown in this country.
4-minute read
Are We Overestimating How Many Canadians Are Dying of COVID-19?
Every day, Canadians are informed via press conference of the number of new deaths attributed to COVID-19. This publication by the Montreal Economic Institute raises questions about the accuracy of these statistics.
6-minute read
Five Key Facts That Argue Against Continuing the Lockdown
The facts underlined here by this prestigious author have not been heard widely enough in the Canadian context. Yet the debate over generalized, compulsory lockdowns will no doubt remain active for quite some time.
6-minute read
Where Are Patients Most Likely to Give Up and Go Home?
In which Quebec emergency rooms are patients most likely to return home without having seen a doctor? The “2020 Ranking of ER Overcrowding in Quebec” describes the situation over the past year and measures the evolution of the situation over five years using data obtained through a request for access to information, before the COVID-19 pandemic.
4-minute read
Canadian health care: A warning, not a beacon
Canada’s system of socialized medicine has created high taxes and suffering patients. That’s not what Americans want or deserve.
4-minute read
To save money and lives, make drug approval easier
Canadians wait 630 more days than Americans before new drugs are approved and another 473 before public plans list them.
9-minute read
Pharmaceuticals: Life-Saving Benefits That Pay for Themselves
Ottawa has the prices of drugs in its sights. On the one hand, it has made changes to the calculation method for the price ceilings imposed on drugs sold in Canada. On the other, the idea of national government pharmacare to replace the provinces’ mixed plans is still in the air. These ill-advised public policies could actually raise total health care spending, while threatening Canadians’ access to the best available treatments, shows this publication by the MEI.
5-minute read
Quebec’s overflowing emergency rooms are a symptom of a deeper problem
Our health-care system is unable to meet the demands on it — and the effects of population aging are only beginning to be felt.
IEDM – Des milliers de Québécois ressortent de l’urgence sans prise en charge médicale – Patrick Déry
January 29, 2020 | 5 min. 50 sec. | Facteur matinal (Ici Radio-Canada) Interview (in French) with Patrick Déry, Senior Associate Analyst […]
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Emergency Rooms: When Patients Leave Untreated
Last year, nearly 380,000 Quebecers—or over 1,000 patients a day—ended up leaving a hospital emergency room without having been attended to by a doctor, shows a publication launched by the MEI.