health-care system

The New Democrats are planning to bring forward legislation to implement a national, universal pharmacare program.

Dr. Nadine Caron says she hears difficult stories every day from some of her Indigenous patients in rural British Columbia facing a diagnosis of cancer.

Canada's politicians have to listen to one another to address economic rifts that could hinder national unity, Nova Scotia's premier says, as he adds his voice to calls for changes to the federal government's fiscal stabilization program.

A new report says some of the more than one million Canadian workers who could lose their jobs to machines could fill growing gaps in the nation's health-care system with the right training now.

Manitoba Progressive Conservative Leader Brian Pallister was the main target on Wednesday, August 28, 2019, night as the leaders of the province's four main political parties squared off in a 50-minute televised debate that occasionally devolved into noisy cross-talk.

U.S. presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders said it's an "embarrassment" that Americans have to travel to Canada to buy cheaper medicine, pointing once again to Canada's health-care system as a model for his country to emulate as he joined a group of diabetics on a trip to Ontario on Sunday, July 28, 2019.

Maxime Bernier says that if he becomes prime minister, his government would slash immigration and refugee numbers, build a fence to block asylum seekers from walking across the border, and end a program that lets immigrants sponsor their families to join them.

The federal NDP says it will fast-track a universal drug plan to ensure a late 2020 start date if elected this fall as part of an expansion of Canada's health-care system.

Ottawa should create a new agency to oversee the rollout of a national drug plan, a federally struck expert panel said on Wednesday, March 6, 2019, in laying out what it called the "building blocks" of the program.

Digitally savvy Canadians who make up the Google Generation are on the leading edge of a transformation in the health-care system that will see a greater reliance on technology, including how doctors interact with their patients, a survey commissioned by the Canadian Medical Association suggests.

The vice-president of the United States has some less-than-complimentary words for Canada's health-care system, which he accuses of certain "failings."

Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister is ready to start negotiations with Ottawa on a health-care funding deal.