Health-care reform is a fiscal imperative

Something will have to give, and hopefully not health outcomes and the quality of care.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, right, with New Brunswick Premier Brian Gallant and Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne at a first ministers' meeting in December. Don Drummond writes that fiscal realities will force politicians to reform the health-care system.
Federal Health Minister Philpott displayed unusual candour when she said recently that Canada spends more per capita on health care than many other countries but gets middle-of-the-road results. Her “mediocre” label on Canadian health care could also have included “inefficient.” That should...

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