Are We All Socialists When It Comes to Medicare?

Are We All Socialists When It Comes to Medicare?
Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau makes a health-care announcement while campaigning in Hamilton, Ontario, on Sept. 23, 2019. The Canadian Press/Ryan Remiorz
Shawn Whatley, MD
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Commentary

Politicians have chased the medicare merry-go-round for decades. Each party pours on money or passes new legislation.

Shawn Whatley, MD
Shawn Whatley, MD
Author
Shawn Whatley is a practicing physician, author of “When Politics Comes Before Patients: Why and How Canadian Medicare is Failing,” and a senior fellow with the Macdonald-Laurier Institute. He is also a past president of the Ontario Medical Association.
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