by Allan Katz | Mar 10, 2025 | Uncategorized
(@QUESCREN) This recent brief (bit.ly/4ihTksZ) by Shannon Bell found that Anglophone seniors in Quebec are more likely to be poor, far from family, and dependent on long-term care — and limited French skills can make it harder for them to access health and social...
by Allan Katz | Mar 5, 2025 | Uncategorized
(Bioengineer) US medical debt was $74B in 2022 and with new directives can surpass $100B by 2025. Systemic policy reforms will favour insurers 𝗻𝗼𝘁 citizens and 𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁 #women, #seniors and #equitydeserving populations. More reason (𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘧 𝘸𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳...
by Allan Katz | Mar 4, 2025 | Uncategorized
Hats off to @cbcwhitecoat Black Art. This important story needs to amplified. #Palliativecare focuses on improving #qualityoflife #painrelief, #treatmentoptions, and helping people live as actively as possible....
by Allan Katz | Feb 27, 2025 | Uncategorized
L’AMOM réclame l’abolition des PREM, qui dicte où les nouveaux médecins de famille peuvent pratiquer, arguant qu’il est désuet et néfaste. Conçue pour répartir uniformément les médecins, cette mesure a aggravé les disparités régionales et décourage...
by Allan Katz | Feb 26, 2025 | Uncategorized
(Health Affairs) Call me old school, but when Don Berwick talks…I listen. Investment in #primarycare, #SDOH, incentivizing #population health, and improving #transparency and #accountability sound like the ideal menu for #Canada, too. (Health Affairs) Berwick et...
