Dear Colleagues
Seven different perspectives on the recent ruling by the Canadian Court on access to private health insurance in Quebec. The headline message which came out of this ruling was that if the public health care system did not provide quality services in the province (because of undue delays in access to services) then the private market should be allowed an opportunity to provide an alternative. This is a highly simplistic statement on my part; the ruling is complex and has been interpreted in many ways. This judgement is being seized on by some free marketeers as evidence that public systems do not work as well as the private sector - in my view a somewhat strange conclusion to make but one which is attracting some attention. In any case seven perspectives including that of Roy Romanow on what this may mean can be found at
http://www.longwoods.com/opinions/index.html
Best wishes
David McDaid
LSE Health and Social Care
The Supreme Court Decision: Chaoulli v. Quebec.
1. A National Perspective from The Hon. Roy Romanow. Download PDF <1_ChaoulliCase.pdf>
2. A Legal Perspective from Low, Wakulowsky and Moysa suggests reallocating scarce medical resources Download PDF <2_ChaouilliCase.pdf>
3. Steven Lewis weighs in with some suggestions for both sides of the divide. Download PDF <3_ChaoulliCase.pdf>
4. François Beland - Perspective Du Québec. [Français] Téléchargement ici <4_ChaoulliCaseby.pdf>
4A. Francois Beland takes the Quebec Perspective. [English] Download PDF <4E_ChaoulliCaseby.pdf>
5. Gregory P. Marchildon from Saskatchewan ponders the magna carta for two-tier medicare. Download PDF <5_ChaoulliCase.pdf>
6. Peter Carver from Alberta thinks we may be seeing the end of medicare as we have known it. Download PDF <6_ChaouilliCase.pdf>
7. The patient's perspective: angry notes from a Canadian living in America. Download PDF <7_ChaouilliCase.pdf>
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