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Pages tagged "health care"


In Case You Missed it: Pandemic Policy Ideas

Posted on News & Blogs by Broadbent Institute · December 15, 2020 1:13 PM

Over the course of the pandemic, staff at the Broadbent Institute have been putting forth policy ideas and commentary on how best to support workers; build back a fair and just economy; and, our vision for Canada’s post-pandemic future. Some of these pieces weren't catalogued at the time they were published, so we’ve compiled a list of past work written by staff, that you may have missed:

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Explainer: Implementing Paid Sick Days and Paid Sick Leave

Posted on News & Blogs by Brittany Andrew-Amofah & Angella MacEwan · July 20, 2020 10:27 AM

Canada has done a good job curbing the COVID-19 curve, and after a months-long shutdown many people are eager to resume regular routines. In order to keep transmission rates low while we reopen, many regions are implementing preventative public health measures, such as mandatory masks in indoor public spaces. Paid sick days and paid sick leave are an essential component of a safe re-opening, to protect workers and mitigate future outbreaks.

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Steps Must Be Taken to Nationalize Pharmaceutical Production in Canada

Posted on News & Blogs by Linda McQuaig · June 25, 2020 8:00 AM

We’ve lost so much due to Canada’s misguided embrace of privatization in recent years, but one loss that sticks out with particular rawness these days is the sale of Connaught Labs, our once-dazzling publicly-owned pharmaceutical company.

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BC’s swift response to long-term care crisis sets the bar for other provinces

Posted on News & Blogs by Dawn Black · May 11, 2020 10:05 AM

Today, four out of five Canadians who have died from COVID-19 in Canada are linked to long-term care homes. The first death from COVID-19 in Canada was an elderly resident of the Lynn Valley Care Centre in British Columbia. It marked the first of dozens of outbreaks in long-term care homes in Canada that have taken thousands of Canadian lives.

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Completing the promise of Medicare

Posted on News & Blogs by Bill Blaikie · April 17, 2020 9:00 AM

In the early 1960’s, a CCF government (the CCF was the precursor to the NDP) in Saskatchewan successfully lit the path towards what we now know nationally as Medicare, a transformative event in Canadian history. This was done in the face of fierce and often bitter resistance from political opponents, from the medical community and from private insurance companies.  Canadians would do well to recall this history, and how elements of it might inform the current debate about the urgent need for a universal single-payer (i.e. public) Pharmacare program, a long overdue supplement to the existing health care system that would realize the dreams of many of Medicare’s founders.

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Federal COVID-19 aid needs speed, and space to grow

Posted on News & Blogs by Angella MacEwen · March 23, 2020 4:38 PM

On March 18, the federal government announced an aid package to help workers and businesses affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The package includes $27 billion in wage supports and enhanced benefits, and $55 billion in deferred income tax payments. It is supposed to ensure that workers and small businesses have the financial support they need to follow public health advice and stay home.

 

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Take Action on Income Supports

Posted on In the News by Broadbent Institute · March 16, 2020 12:16 PM

 

To slow the spread of COVID-19, our public health agencies are increasingly recommending social distancing and containment practices. These precautions are critical, and have implications for a growing number of workers, who may be forced out of a job due to workplace closures, shutdowns or layoffs. 

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Dealing with the Economic Impacts of COVID-19

Posted on News & Blogs by Andrew Jackson · March 11, 2020 9:37 AM

At this time, it is impossible to know the course and consequences of COVID-19 cases arising from the novel coronavirus. A probable outcome seems to be a spread of the illness among the general population, before it stabilizes and/ or an effective vaccine is developed which could take several months or even longer

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The precarious future of the Affordable Care Act

Posted on News & Blogs by Greg Marchildon · May 04, 2017 11:52 AM

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Seven years after its passage, the Affordable Care Act (widely known as Obamacare), has suffered its share of abuse. Yet after hundreds of bills to repeal it, two high-profile Supreme Court cases, and countless hours of strategizing in Washington and in state capitols across the country, it just won’t die.

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The TPP: A secret deal that binds the hands that heal

Posted on News & Blogs by Ryan Meili and Sarah Giles · October 16, 2015 1:17 PM

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Picture this: a patient returns to the office for a follow-up visit with their physician. When asked how the prescribed treatment is working out, they answer: “I don’t know, I couldn’t afford to fill the prescription.”  

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