Code Blue: Reviving Canada's Health Care System

In Code Blue: Reviving Canada's Health Care System, David Gratzer takes a close look at Canada's health care systemfrom the overcrowded emergency rooms of Montreal hospitals, to the thriving practices of Canadian doctors who have decided to head south. He explores our misconceptions about the American health care system, analyzes demographic trends, and exposes the emptiness of political debate on the subject. Gratzer argues convincingly that the problems with Medicare stem from its very structure, a structure that will only continue to weaken as Canada's population grows older. Do the commonly proposed solutions to these problemsincreased funding, two-tiered services, better management, user feesreally have what it takes to correct such major flaws? Gratzer concludes they don't, and looks at several models in other countries before writing his own prescription for Canada's.Gratzer, David is the author of 'Code Blue: Reviving Canada's Health Care System', published 1999 under ISBN 9781550223934 and ISBN 1550223933.