Media stories for November 14, 2012

Health care is heading into Ponzi-scheme territory
Globe and Mail — Opinion
Herb Emery, a health-care economist at the University of Calgary (and two colleagues, David Still and Tom Cottrell) has crunched numbers around the costs of health care for a population with sharply higher numbers of seniors and fewer people working to support them. They call what’s coming a “Ponzi scheme,” because of the sizable intergenerational inequities.

Finding some cold comfort
Coast Reporter
In this week’s column, VCH MHO Dr. Paul Martiquet advises on how to avoid catching the common cold.

Review of flu vaccine not as definitive as health officer suggests
Vancouver Sun – Letter to the editor
Letter-writer alleges Dr. Perry Kendall misquoted of Cochrane review results on flu shot efficacy for health care workers.