The debate has already started!

Well, we know that the debate on public versus private Healthcare system has already begun. I found this student video which was among the winners in a competition held by The Fraser Institute. This video sets the background of our upcoming debate on public versus private health care. Take a listen:

We will also bring you an update from the upcoming debate on the topic, between Dr. Kellie Leitch and Dr. Gordon Guyatt, scheduled on March 10th at the Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry in London, Ontario. Dr. Gordon Guyatt is a Professor of Clinical Epidemiology & Bio statistics at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario. He is known for his integral work on evidence-based medicine, a term that first appeared in a paper he published in 1990. Dr. Kellie Leitch is Chair of Paediatric Surgery at the Children's Hospital of Western Ontario/Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry. She serves as Assistant Dean at the Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, and Co-director of the Health Sector MBA program at the Ivey School of Business, University of Western Ontario. Dr. Leitch was selected as one of Canada's Top 40 Under 40 for her work in both medicine and business.

Stay tuned!

Chander

Debate on Universal healthcare shaping up in USA!

It is important to stay tuned on what happens in health care area in the (yet) biggest economy on the planet i.e. USA. USA spends about 15% of its GDP on health care and still fares poorly in comparison with other developed countries, on most health indicators. I thought some people will be keen to learn what the Nobel Laureate economist Paul Krugman has to say about universal health care. Here is an excerpt from a You Tube video. Take a listen. Also, enclosing a link for an interesting article by Mr. Krugman published in New York Times: Healthcare Now

You may also be interested in seeing how the Obama administration is leveraging social media technology to further the debate on this issue: Obama's Healthcare plan for US

We will soon get back to our debate on public versus private health care system in Canada. Stay tuned!

Chander Sehgal