"How and why was universal health coverage implemented so early in a poverty-stricken province in Canada? Why was its design so faithfully replicated in the national standards that ultimately shaped Medicare across the rest of Canada? Seeking to answer these questions, Tommy Douglas and the...

Canadian Health Policy in the News is a compendium of the commentaries (or OpEds) published by the Evidence Network of Canadian Health Policy (or EvidenceNetwork.ca) in major newspapers across the country since the birth of EvidenceNetwork.ca in April 2011 up to October 2012. It is a timely,...

"This book is about publicly funded health care systems in Canada, but rather than focusing on the services provided under the Canada Health Act, its focus is on the spaces that the CHA does not occupy. For most Canadians, health care is provided by the province or territory where they live; this...