Is Two-Tier Health Care the Future? (Law, Technology and Media)

By: Sara Allin and Sarah Barry and Sara Burke and Danielle Dawson and Lorraine Frisina Doetter and Stephen Duckett and Noushon Farmanara and Vanessa Gruben and Jeremiah Hurley and Martha Jackman and Bridget Johnston and Gregory P. Marchildon and Fiona McDonald and Rachel McKay and Jonathan Mullen and Zeynep Or and Aurélie Pierre and Amélie Quesnel-Vallée and David Rudoler and Achim Schmid and Rikke Siersbaek and Stephen Thomas and Carolyn Hughes Tuohy

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Synopsis: Canadians are deeply worried about wait times for health care. Entrepreneurial doctors and private clinics are bringing Charter challenges to existing laws restrictive of a two-tier system. They argue that Canada is an outlier among developed countries in limiting options to jump the queue. This book explores whether a two-tier model is a solution. In Is Two-Tier Health Care the Future?, leading researchers explore the public and private mix in Canada, Australia, Germany, France, and Ireland. They explain the history and complexity of interactions between public and private funding of health care and the many regulations and policies found in different countries used to both inhibit and sometimes to encourage two-tier care, such as tax breaks. This edited collection provides critical evidence on the different approaches to regulating two-tier care across different countries and what could work in Canada. This book is published in English.