Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos is warning the provinces of potential clawbacks in federal transfer payments should patients keep paying out of pocket for medically necessary care. Advocates are ...

Canada's most populous province, Ontario, plans to significantly expand its use of private providers to perform public health services, the premier said on Monday, in a bid to deal with backlogs ...

OTTAWA - Half of Canada's provinces have now formally signed on to the new health-care deal proposed by the federal government two weeks ago, and more will join them next week, Intergovernmental ...

Canada's premiers hold a press conference following a meeting on health care in Ottawa on February 7, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick OTTAWA — Despite castigation from provincial premiers ...

The Canadian government has warned provinces and territories to ensure that necessary medical services remain free to avoid reduction in federal funding, Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos said on ...

The Fraser Institute’s analysis uses updated data from Statistics Canada’s Canadian Community Health Survey. Moir based his calculations on the proportion of patients who reported difficulty with ...

Canada’s premiers hold a press conference following a meeting on health care in Ottawa on February 7, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick ...

The one thing that is clear is that health care spending is growing. Per capita, Canada’s transfers for health grew six times faster than population growth, amounting to $1,115 per person in ...

Federal health spending has outpaced provinces, analysis shows. Total spending by all 10 provinces grew in that time to $221.9 billion up from $86.2 billion, an increase of 158 per cent ...