IEDM – Les Québécois et le système de santé – Germain Belzile
July 13, 2017 | 17 min. 40 sec. | Martin Pouliot à BLVD (BLVD 102.1 FM) Interview (in French) with Germain Belzile, […]
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Viewpoint – Centralized Health Care: A Recipe That’s Doomed to Fail
For thirty years, the Quebec health care system has experienced multiple systemic problems, especially in terms of long emergency room wait times, and long delays for surgeries as well. Not only has the Health Department been unable to plan the long-term development of the system in such a way as to put an end to these problems once and for all; it also seems unable to allocate resources efficiently when the unexpected occurs. What is so different about the health care sector? And what can be done about it?
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Health-care prescription: decentralization
The perils of centralized health care.
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La centralisation en santé est vouée à l’échec
The perils of centralized health care.
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Santé – Les Québécois sont prêts pour du changement
Quebecers and their health care system.
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Privatisation en santé: l’exemple suédois
Sweden, and how it provides better access to care.
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Swedish Lessons For Canada’s Health-Care System
Sweden, and how it provides better access to care.
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Viewpoint – Health Care in Sweden: Decentralized, Autonomous, Competitive, and Universal
The Quebec government wants to centralize the health care system even more with Bill 130, giving the Health Minister more power over administrators and over the management and operation of hospitals. The government would be better off following the example of Sweden, which has successfully moved in the opposite direction, in addition to benefiting from the contribution of the private sector.
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Médicaments: la bombe à retardement du projet de loi 81
The impact of Bill 81 on consumers.
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En 1972, tout était beau, mais ça coûtait cher!
Competition and its effects on the cost of goods and services.