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Basic research is the key to future progress
Decades before most of us had ever heard the phrase “novel coronavirus,” researchers at universities around the world were advancing our understanding of vaccines. Their…
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Canadian Dental Care Plan is underfunded by $1.45 billion, squeezing out 4.4 million uninsured Canadians
OTTAWA—The federal government’s new national public dental care plan is the most significant expansion of public health care in decades, but it’s not funded enough…
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Missing teeth
As part of the March 2022 Liberal-NDP Supply and Confidence Agreement, the federal government is creating a national public dental care plan—the most significant expansion of…
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Missing teeth
As part of the March 2022 Liberal-NDP Supply and Confidence Agreement, the federal government is creating a national public dental care plan—the most significant expansion…
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“Not broken, just underfunded”: for-profit care won’t reduce wait times, CCPA report says
TORONTO — The Ontario government’s plan to expand the use of for-profit corporations to provide surgeries and diagnostic procedures won’t reduce wait times and is…
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“Not broken, just underfunded”: for-profit care won’t reduce wait times, CCPA report says
TORONTO — The Ontario government’s plan to expand the use of for-profit corporations to provide surgeries and diagnostic procedures won’t reduce wait times and is…
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Time to grow social and education spending—it’s key to good health
Medical care and social investments are not an either/or proposition.
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Three key health policy movements are aligning
Get Well Canada, well-being budgeting, and health-in-all-policies are converging to address the most critical factors shaping health are the economic, social and environmental conditions in which we live.
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Social and medical spending: Flip sides of the same coin
Research finds the ratio between health and social spending is key to understanding health outcomes.
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Addressing the fundamental causes of population health inequality
Health inequality is a persistent problem—and it’s directly tied to other forms of inequality.
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