April 22, 2020 | 13 min. | Solide comme le Roch (104,7 FM) Interview (in French) with Patrick Déry, Senior Associate Analyst […]
April 22, 2020 | 9 min. | Politiquement incorrect – Richard Martineau (QUB Radio) Interview (in French) with Patrick Déry, Senior Associate […]
April 22, 2020 | 12 min. 15 sec. | Jérôme Landry au retour (Énergie 98.9) Interview (in French) with Patrick Déry, Senior […]
In which Quebec emergency rooms are patients most likely to return home without having seen a doctor? The “2020 Ranking of ER Overcrowding in Quebec” describes the situation over the past year and measures the evolution of the situation over five years using data obtained through a request for access to information, before the COVID-19 pandemic.
Our health-care system is unable to meet the demands on it — and the effects of population aging are only beginning to be felt.
January 30, 2020 | 10 min. 14 sec. | Que l’Outaouais se lève (104.7 FM) Interview (in French) with Patrick Déry, Senior […]
January 29, 2020 | 5 min. 50 sec. | Facteur matinal (Ici Radio-Canada) Interview (in French) with Patrick Déry, Senior Associate Analyst […]
Last year, nearly 380,000 Quebecers—or over 1,000 patients a day—ended up leaving a hospital emergency room without having been attended to by a doctor, shows a publication launched by the MEI.
December 19, 2019 | 6 min. 24 sec. | RCI (Radio-Canada International) Interview (in French) with Patrick Déry, Senior Associate Analyst at […]
Il est temps d’aller au-delà du faux dilemme entre l’universalité et le modèle américain, et de regarder vers l’Europe
By one estimate, at any given moment, over one million Canadians — three per cent of the entire population — are waiting for a medical treatment.
Despite decades of animated public debates and the colossal sums spent—which keep on increasing—waiting times for Canadian patients continue to worsen, notes this study published by the MEI.
The government could give the health care system a real boost by getting rid of med school quotas.
November 6, 2019 | 11 min. | Politiquement incorrect (QUB Radio) Interview (in French) with Patrick Déry, Senior Associate Analyst at the […]
Facilities funded by the public purse but run by entrepreneurs provide a better environment for patients.
What does entrepreneurship contribute to health care? Despite the example of Europe, where companies have long had a large role to play within universal systems, simply posing this question in Canada can elicit strong reactions. And even when European successes are mentioned, other reasons are always suggested to explain their better results.
Despite the advent of modern technologies, the use of telemedicine remains limited.
Despite the advent of modern technologies, the use of telemedicine remains limited.
September 20, 2019 | 11 min. 32 sec. | Deux hommes en ondes (FM93) Interview (in French) with Patrick Déry, Senior Associate […]
September 19, 2019 | 9 min. | Politiquement incorrect (QUB Radio) Interview (in French) with Patrick Déry, Senior Associate Analyst at the […]
The technologies behind telemedicine are available, and more Canadians could receive remote care, at home or at work, thereby saving themselves trips and avoiding long waits. Unfortunately, our governments are slow to remove obstacles that prevent patients from benefiting from virtual consultations, and doctors from providing this care.
August 21, 2019 | 12 min. | Dutrizac (QUB Radio) Interview (in French) with Patrick Déry, Senior Associate Analyst at the MEI, […]
August 21, 2019 | 11 min. 28 sec. | Le retour d’Éric Duhaime (FM93) Interview (in French) with Patrick Déry, Senior Associate […]
Waiting times in Quebec emergency rooms continue to increase.
Earlier this year, the media reported that the situation in Quebec emergency rooms had improved in 2018-2019. Yet when we take a closer look at the Department of Health and Social Services data, we see that the opposite has happened, despite a reduction in the number of patient visits.
August 20, 2019 | 10 min. | On n’est pas obligé d’être d’accord (QUB Radio) Interview (in French) with Patrick Déry, Senior […]
July 23, 2019 | 11 min. 41 sec. | Midi Pile (KYK Radio) Interview (in French) with Patrick Déry, Senior Associate Analyst […]
May 16, 2019 | 39 min. 33 sec. | Isabelle (98,5 FM) Debate (in French) with Patrick Déry, Senior Public Policy Analyst […]
Press freedom is closely linked with the degree of economic freedom that prevails in a country.
Press freedom is closely linked with the degree of economic freedom that prevails in a country.
The latest reports on freedom of the press are worrisome. This freedom has declined over the past decade, and 54 journalists were killed on the job in 2018 alone. Several factors explain the level of press freedom of a given country: the nature of the political system, its level of development, or the presence of armed conflicts on its territory, for example. Another important factor, too often ignored, is its degree of economic freedom.
Press freedom is closely linked with the degree of economic freedom that prevails in a country.
April 11, 2019 | 7 min. 02 sec. | Nathalie le midi (BLVD-FM) Interview (in French) with Patrick Déry, Senior Public Policy […]
The debate over the nationalization of drug insurance.
The inefficiency of subsidy programs for the purchase of electric cars.
The inefficiency of subsidy programs for the purchase of electric cars.
March 28, 2019 | 9 min. 02 sec. | Nathalie le midi (BLVD FM) Interview (in French) with Patrick Déry, Senior Public […]
The role of the Commissaire à la santé et au bien-être.
Health professionals should be able to use all their skills.
Health professionals should be able to use all their skills.
Quebec’s Health Minister recently announced that she wanted specialized nurse practitioners (SNPs) to be able to make diagnoses, as is the case everywhere else in Canada. The Collège des médecins du Québec (CMQ) ended up making peace with the idea, while the Fédération des médecins omnipraticiens du Québec (FMOQ) is still not on board, claiming that this act must be reserved to physicians. Is this resistance justified?
Access to the health system and its cost.
Access to drug insurance in Quebec.
Patients who do not show up for their medical appointment.
The Rendez-vous santé Québec service is failing.
Federal government still threatens to cut health transfers.
November 14, 2018 | 40 min. 25 sec. | Isabelle (98,5 FM) Interview (in French) with Patrick Déry, Public Policy Analyst at […]
The Rendez-vous santé Québec service is failing.
Would a government monopoly drug insurance plan provide more generous coverage?
Interview (in French) with Patrick Déry, Public Policy Analyst at the MEI, about a Léger survey of Quebeckers to find out their opinion of the health system. Broadcast on September 5, 2018, on LCN’s Mario Dumont show.
July 24, 2018 | 43 min. 41 sec. | Isabelle l’été (98.5 FM) Interview & phone in show (in French) with Patrick […]
Reply to Médecins québécois pour un régime public
July 18, 2018 | 14 min. 28 sec. | La Commission Gendron (CHIK-FM) Interview (in French) with Patrick Déry, Public Policy Analyst […]
Portrait of columnist Alain Dubuc.
Emergency room wait times are stagnating in Quebec.
July 12, 2018 | 9 min. 36 sec. | Drainville PM (FM 98,5) Interview (in French) with Patrick Déry, Public Policy Analyst […]
July 12, 2018 | 7 min. 46 sec. | Midi actualité (BLVD 102.1 FM) Interview (in French) with Patrick Déry, Public Policy […]
Emergency room wait times are stagnating in Quebec.
Emergency room wait times are stagnating in Quebec.
“Hospitals: Quebec brings order to emergency rooms — No patient will stay more than 48 hours,” ran a front-page headline in La Presse on March 11… 1980! Last year, the minister of health repeated this ultimatum. Waiting times at emergency rooms have been making news for a long time. Data released this past spring suggest that the situation has improved and that waiting times have declined, especially for patients on stretchers. What is actually going on?
Should we privatize the SAQ or keep the State’s monopoly on the sale of alcohol?
The cost of election promises.
The situation with surgeries performed in Quebec hospitals.
The situation with surgeries performed in Quebec hospitals.
Entrepreneurial dynamism meets the demand for care for the elderly.
Entrepreneurial dynamism meets the demand for care for the elderly.
The more economically free a country is, the more press freedom exists there.
The virtues of press freedom are widely recognized today. Economic freedom, another essential liberty, is for its part underappreciated. Yet it makes a substantial contribution to the improvement of human well-being, in addition to which it is a necessary condition for ensuring a certain degree of press freedom.
The more economically free a country is, the more press freedom exists there.
Entrepreneurial dynamism meets the demand for care for the elderly.
It seems that each week brings its share of bad news about the Quebec health care system, to the point that we forget that certain of its components work rather well. This is the case for senior housing and care, largely provided by the private sector.
Interview (in French) with Patrick Déry, Public Policy Analyst at the MEI, on how entrepreneurial dynamism meets the demand for care for the elderly while offering quality services. Broadcast on April 26, 2018, on LCN’s Mario Dumont show.
Government versus private enterprise: double standards.
Government control over access to medical training hurts patients.
Government control over access to medical training hurts patients.
Quebec’s Health Minister announced a reduction in the number of medical school admissions last year in order to keep doctors from ending up unemployed in the future. And yet, one in five Quebecers still does not have a family doctor, and proportionally, Quebec has fewer doctors than most industrialized countries. Is this government control over access to medical training the best way to meet Quebecers’ health care needs?
Is universal public dental insurance needed?
How to improve our education system.
February 20, 2018 | 7 min. | Phare Ouest (Ici Radio-Canada) Interview (in French) with Patrick Déry, Public Policy Analyst at the […]
How to explain the failures of the health system?
Medical imaging devices in our hospitals are greatly underutilized.
The problem with health care and education is not the lack of resources.
February 7, 2018 | 10 min. 30 sec. | Solide comme le Roch (104.7 FM) Interview (in French) with Patrick Déry, Public […]
February 7, 2018 | 9 min. 18 sec. | Québec aujourd’hui (BLVD 102.1 FM) Interview (in French) with Patrick Déry, Public Policy […]
The problem with health care and education is not the lack of resources.
In November 2017, Quebec announced a $1.1-billion personal income tax reduction. Some argued then that the reason the government could afford to reduce the tax burden was that it had reduced spending on health and education, and that these sectors had been starved by years of successive cuts. However, both health care spending and education spending have increased considerably in recent years.
Publication of a Léger opinion poll commissioned by the MEI.
January 29, 2018 | 14 min. 44 sec. | Sophie sans compromis (BLVD 102.1 FM) Interview (in French) with Patrick Déry, Public […]
How to reduce emergency room wait times with the help of private providers.
A centralized digital file project for every student in Quebec.
The disappearance of the Commissaire à la santé et au bien-être.
The failures of centralized planning of our health system.
December 5, 2017 | 8 min. 22 sec. | L’heure de pointe – Toronto (Ici Radio-Canada) Interview (in French) with Patrick Déry, […]
The Canadian federation was founded in 1867 in part to ensure a common, unified market across the country. This ideal is enshrined in Section 121 of the Constitution. Yet while substantial trade does take place between the provinces, the dream of a truly unified market remains elusive. An important case about to be heard by the Supreme Court of Canada, though, may help bring down the barriers the provinces have erected to restrict trade over the years.
Interprovincial trade barriers.
From Bonjour-santé to Rendez-vous santé Québec.
November 28, 2017 | 13 min. 55 sec. | Sophie sans compromis (BLVD 102.1 FM) Interview (in French) with Patrick Déry, Public […]
State expenditures versus cuts.
November 16, 2017 | 19 min. 06 sec. | Sophie sans compromis (BLVD 102.1 FM) Interview (in French) with Patrick Déry, Public […]
While Health Canada is preparing to completely change the way maximum prices for new drugs are established, it seems that little attention is being paid to the impact of this kind of public policy on the availability of new drugs. Yet similar policies are responsible for quite unenviable situations in certain countries.
Tax cuts announced by the Couillard government.
The harmful effect of the capital gain tax.
Health Canada’s approval of drugs.
The performance of the Canadian health system.
The effects of a ban on doctors charging incidental fees.
Birth quotas in our health system.
October 17, 2017 | 14 min. 19 sec. | Sophie sans compromis (BLVD 102.1 FM) Interview (in French) with Patrick Déry, Public […]
Quebec’s Health Minister recently gave an ultimatum to the province’s hospitals such that emergency room stays could no longer exceed 24 hours. While our health system has failed for years to significantly reduce wait times, the performance of a Swedish hospital (the Saint Göran, a Stockholm hospital funded by the government and run by Capio, a private multinational company) should inspire decision-makers within our health care system.
How to reduce emergency room wait times with the help of private providers.
How to reduce emergency room wait times with the help of private providers.
The cost of school supplies.
Education students do not have a solid grasp of French.
Entrepreneurs and Bill Morneau’s tax reform.
