Discussions

The modern Swiss health system was started in 1996 with the passage of the Federal Law on Health Insurance or “LaMal” which responded to a fragmented system of health care being managed by 26 local “cantons”, each with different costs and quality of care.

Threats undermine doctor-patient relationships; when I've been threatened, I've never been able to continue that relationship

Canadian medical students graduate with up to $200,000 in debt, and burnout rates are high

Single-payer healthcare has run its course. The experiment has more than enough data to prove that we need to do better.

In medicine, we’re constantly adjusting to changing standards of practice, but figuring out how much to change how fast is its own challenge