On March 31, the federal funding for 22 safer supply initiatives across the country expired. Unless provinces step in, many patients will be left with few options.
The consequences of inaction are too significant to ignore. This is our opportunity to secure our health-care future. We cannot afford to waste it.
Like the early days of COVID-19, tariffs have the country rallying together and governments promising decisive action to help us weather the storm.
As our nation navigates economic and social uncertainties, safeguarding and enhancing our health-care system will be crucial to ensuring a healthier future for all Canadians.
Despite billions allocated for autism services, many families are still waiting – sometimes for years. To fix Ontario’s autism services, we should redirect resources toward programs that have been proven to work.
With the cost of living skyrocketing in Ontario, our patients continue to make difficult decisions – whether to pay for food, rent or medications.
AI is neither inherently good nor bad – it is a tool. The responsibility lies with us as clinicians to ensure its adoption strengthens, rather than diminishes, the humanity of care.
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is the biggest global health-related disaster in living memory. Yet, Canadian governments have refused to hold an independent COVID-19 inquiry into the pandemic response.
We have perhaps gotten too used to hearing about health care underfunding and staffing issues. But we can't afford to stop talking about it.
By aligning compensation for primary care professionals with the value they provide and ensuring fair recognition of their contributions, the health-care system can build a stronger, more equitable foundation moving forward.
Canadian health-care leaders will be listening closely to what our federal politicians have to say on the campaign trail. This is what they hope to hear from candidates this election.
Canadians have a lot to worry about right now. But as we vote in the government that will see us through this unprecedented time, health care must be core to the government agenda.
Preferred pharmacy networks present a controversy that pits two essential providers – pharmacies and drug insurers – against each other.
Canada has an opportunity to prevent sustained Clade I mpox transmission, but only if decisive action is taken now.
It’s time to stop treating the Canada Health Act as a symbol and start treating it as what it is: A tool that needs updating.
Practising family medicine in a rural community is dire these days. It’s precarious for patients and stressful for physicians and there’s no one coming to save us.
Health care for undocumented people living in Canada is fractured. We need a comprehensive plan to help the most vulnerable among us, otherwise they will fall through the cracks.
This series is a deep dive into the lives and working conditions of health-care professionals across Canada. It includes six profiles that explore the challenges, triumphs and priorities not only of our the health-care system as a whole, but of the workers who support it.
In partnership with AMS Healthcare, Healthy Debate is publishing a series of solutions-focused articles on emerging technologies and their potential for transformational change in our health-care system.
"Togethering" is the term for how we live out our vision of how we care for our families together. "Family" can mean the traditional nuclear family across generations, modern-day chosen families, friends and neighbours. This series explores how modern families are navigating their own version of "Togethering." These three articles are the first instalments of a 10-part series examining the intersection of housing, aging and caregiving.
In partnership with AMS Healthcare, Healthy Debate is publishing a series of solutions-focused articles examining gaps in our health-care system.
The Rounds Table Podcast
The Rounds Table is a free regular podcast hosted by Healthy Debate. Its purpose is to provide an informative and irreverent discussion of new research from major medical journals. Each week it explores topics from the latest medical research.