Cost recovery (handouts) trumps concerns about conflicted interest -- Canadian Medical Association Journal

Although there's widespread variation in the policies that Canadian medical schools have toward pharmaceutical and medical devices industry handouts for medical education and in some cases, seemingly no policies at all, administrators say there is no need for restrictive guidelines ....cont'd

CMAJ:Ontario doctors to get break in liability fees + other news

"Average charges for doctors in Quebec will rise 11.1% to $4332, while charges for doctors in the rest of Canada will rise 11% to $2670."

"The CMPA’s annual report indicates that of 891 civil legal actions commenced in 2009, 101 went to trial but only 19 of those saw an outcome favouring a plaintiff. Some 319 actions were settled, while 522 were dismissed, discontinued or abandoned."

“Last year as a nation, we spent $183 billion on our health care. And what did that get us? It got us ranked second-lowest among advanced countries in terms of value for money in health care.”