Doctor Javier Teijeira is performing an open heart surgery in order to replace a malfunctioning valve. The surgery took about 4 hours and the patient heart stopped for about one hour. (The Canadian Press Images/Charles-Antoine Auger)
Canada: Our Time to Lead
Private Health-Care: Best of the series
Highlights of the week-long project, including most viewed articles, video and features, top-rated comments and poll results
From the series
Part 1: Is this private clinic surgeon a crusader or criminal?
In the seemingly endless debate over the sins and virtues of private, profit-oriented health care, this state-of-the-art facility on a lovely, tree-lined Vancouver street is Ground Zero.
Part 2: Canada, it's time to get our Health Act together
First class costs and second class results – Canadians should expect better
Part 3: Private sector offers a second opinion on public medicine
Best Doctors, a medical advocacy service, is the kind of company that can make a public-private partnership work, its president says
Part 4: How the factory floor inspired a new model for health care
'Focused factories' - clinics that specialize in one procedure only - are streamlining the process, reducing wait times and boosting efficiency
Part 6: Real patient-care reform could be a mouse click away
Unlike patients of the GHC clinic, most Canadians still do not have electronic medical records.
Video Debates: Can private clinics fix public health care?
The Globe's health care panel looks at the state of Canada's health care system and discusses the role private clinics can play within Medicare.
Opinions, sidebars and web extras
With a little experimentation, medicare can be made to work
There is little evidence that Canadians are prepared to countenance radical change.
Five fixes for our ailing healthcare system
Determining the right mix of public and private care is just one piece of the puzzle. There are several fundamental and pressing challenges facing Canada’s health system
Stop blaming seniors for soaring health costs
Instead, we need to make tough choices on whether more is always better and what strategies give us more bang for the buck
Little old ladies are crashing the system
If you think she’ll be better off at home, take her home. She'll be glad you did
Earlier discussion
Should Canadians be able to pay in order to jump the line?
Is queue-jumping politically, socially, morally acceptable?
Earlier Discussion
Are 'focused factories' the prescription for a better health-care system?
Do we need a national conversation on health care?
Andre Picard, Doug Angus and CMA President Jeffrey Turnbull took your questions
A brief history of Canadian medicare
From Tommy Douglas to Emmett Hall, a summarized history of how the Canadian system came to be
Interactive
How much does your sickness cost?
Using tools from the Canadian Institute for Health Information’s new calculator, we've gathered the dollar amount for six common ailments and conditions from hospital bills across Canada.
Take the healthcare quiz
How much do you really know about private and public health care?
