U.S., Canadian health care systems share some challenges
No matter what side of the border one examines, health care remains the single most costly budgetary item for governments in North America; and keeping those costs down is no easy task.
Trudy Lieberman, a journalist for more than 40 years, is an adjunct associate professor of public health at Hunter College in New York City. She is a longtime contributor to the Columbia Journalism Review and blogs for its website, CJR.org, about media coverage of health care, Social Security and retirement. As a William Ziff Fellow at the Center for Advancing Health, she contributes regularly to the Prepared Patient Blog.
Comparing U.S. and Canadian healthcare
When an American healthcare journalist examines Canada’s medical system and compares it with the U.S., the results are surprising and insightful.
This doctor treats poverty like a disease
An American health journalist visits Canada — and likes what she sees: a clinical tool used by doctors that is based on strong evidence linking poverty to bad health outcomes.
The great Canadian experiment to house the homeless
The priority for Canadian health care isn’t reducing wait times; it’s addressing the poor health of the country’s Aboriginal populations by dealing with poverty, diet, education and housing.