How to explain the failures of the health system?

Medical imaging devices in our hospitals are greatly underutilized.

The problem with health care and education is not the lack of resources.

February 7, 2018 | 10 min. 30 sec. | Solide comme le Roch (104.7 FM) Interview (in French) with Patrick Déry, Public […]

February 7, 2018 | 9 min. 18 sec. | Québec aujourd’hui (BLVD 102.1 FM) Interview (in French) with Patrick Déry, Public Policy […]

The problem with health care and education is not the lack of resources.

In November 2017, Quebec announced a $1.1-billion personal income tax reduction. Some argued then that the reason the government could afford to reduce the tax burden was that it had reduced spending on health and education, and that these sectors had been starved by years of successive cuts. However, both health care spending and education spending have increased considerably in recent years.

Interview (in French) with Mathieu Bédard, Economist at the MEI, about the burdensome regulatory process delaying the reimbursement of new drugs by Canada’s public plans. Broadcast on February 5, 2018, on LCN’s Mario Dumont show. 

The type of hospital care offered by the Quebec government.

January 29, 2018 | 14 min. 44 sec. | Sophie sans compromis (BLVD 102.1 FM) Interview (in French) with Patrick Déry, Public […]