Shawn Whatley

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A winning prescription: It’s time to let innovators drive health care reform – Shawn Whatley

A winning prescription: It’s time to let innovators drive health care reform – Shawn Whatley

Canadian health care is ripe for major reform. In 1965–66, Canada experienced a paradigm shift – a “big bang” policy change. Since then, the core relationships between patient, state, medical profession, and labour remain the same. For 60 years, political actors have focused on policies that promise incremental change and avoid major reform. Medicare might be one of the most...