VANCOUVER—Based on the experiences of other countries, for-profit hospitals and insurers are compatible with universal health care, finds a new study released today by the Fraser Institute, an independent, non-partisan Canadian public policy think-tank.
“Contrary to the way they are often perceived in Canada, for-profit hospitals and insurers are a part of high-performing universal health-care systems in other countries,” said Bacchus Barua, Fraser Institute senior economist and co-author of For-profit Hospitals and Insurers in Universal Health-Care Countries.