April 5, 2018 | 14 min. 36 sec. | Québec aujourd’hui (BLVD 102.1 FM) Interview (in French) with Mathieu Bédard, Economist at […]

Access to new drugs in Canada.

Innovative drugs help people enjoy longer, healthier, more productive lives. They also allow our health care systems to save money. However, the reimbursement of new drugs by Canada’s public plans can face considerable delays due to a very burdensome regulatory process. Far from resolving this problem, a new reform will duplicate certain stages of this process and possibly lengthen it.

Government versus private enterprise: double standards.

Government control over access to medical training hurts patients.

Government control over access to medical training hurts patients.

Quebec’s Health Minister announced a reduction in the number of medical school admissions last year in order to keep doctors from ending up unemployed in the future. And yet, one in five Quebecers still does not have a family doctor, and proportionally, Quebec has fewer doctors than most industrialized countries. Is this government control over access to medical training the best way to meet Quebecers’ health care needs?

The specialized nurse practitioners situation in Quebec.

Is universal public dental insurance needed?

The role of the private sector in the field of CHSLDs and rehabilitation centers.