MAID expansion advocates have wrongly appropriated the abortion debate
Abortion rights enable women to thrive in a society where they have historically faced inequality and access to safe abortions saves women’s lives. Track 2 medical assistance in dying ends the lives of disabled people, and disproportionately those of women. MAID for mental illness is not a disability right.
In strengthening Canada’s health care, we must maintain employer-sponsored drug plans
Displacing comprehensive employer-sponsored drug plans with a single-payer universal pharmacare model would have adverse consequences, including reduced coverage, lost tax revenue, slower access to new drugs, and higher costs for employers, unions, and families.
The medical assistance in dying predicament: undermining disability advocacy
The Senate seems to be stuck in the past as their discussions on MAID are obviously deeply rooted in an outdated medical model.
Justice minister is gaslighting about medical assistance in dying
Arif Virani may be justified in presenting his case for further delaying MAID’s planned expansion, but he is not justified in ignoring those who have worked so hard on getting the system ready, writes Alexandra McPherson.
Pollsters skeptical NDP would force an election over pharmacare
Meanwhile, former Liberal staffer Dan Arnold says the government has to decide whether it wants to invest big money into pharmacare versus its other policy priorities in advance of the next election.
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Listen to those who’ve fought in the mental-health trenches on MAID
While we must absolutely be guided by physicians, mental health experts, researchers, and ethicists, among others, it is vital in these discussions to be informed by those suffering.
Solutions exist, but only if leaders are willing to listen to health-care professionals
Experts have offered a range of explanations for the current crises with actionable solutions, and if we listened to them, we could have been on our front foot, proactively planning and properly resourcing.
Fixing health system flaws requires better data sharing and workforce strategies, say health-care experts
Improving data accessibility and ways to facilitate co-ordinated care, and reducing the administrative labour for health practitioners are among the recommendations in a new C.D. Howe Institute and HealthCareCAN report.
Needed: less science hype!
Now, more than ever, we need trustworthy science that is grounded in rigorous methods, and science communication that is balanced and accurate.
