Our guest is Shawn Whatley, a physician in Canada who is the author of the recently released book When Politics Comes Before Patients: Why and How Canadian Medicare Is Failing. Dr. Whatley is past-president of the Ontario Medical Association and is a senior fellow at the MacDonald-Laurier Institute for Public Policy in Toronto.

SHOW NOTES​

• Shawn Whatley, MD.  Blog [3] and Twitter [4]

• When Politics Comes Before Patients: Why Canadian Medicare Is Failing [5]

• No More Lethal Waits: 10 Steps to Transform Canada’s Emergency Departments  [6]

• Dr. Whatley's previous appearance on the show: Ep. 40 Practicing Medicine in Canada: Promises and Realities [7]

• Watch the episode [8] on our YouTube channel