Mark Rovere

Associate Director, Health Policy Research Centre, The Fraser Institute

Mark Rovere is Associate Director, Health Policy Research Centre at the Fraser Institute. He holds an Honours Bachelor’s degree and a Master’s Degree in Political Science from the University of Windsor. Since joining the Institute, Mr. Rovere has contributed research and co-authored numerous studies on a range of health and pharmaceutical policy issues including Canadian pharmaceutical pricing, access to new medicines, government drug expenditures, Canadian and American prescription drug spending, and the sustainability of public health care in Canada. His recent commentaries have appeared in such newspapers as the Financial Post, Calgary Herald, Halifax Chronicle Herald and Toronto Sun. Mr. Rovere has also written regularly for the Fraser Forum on a variety of health and pharmaceutical policy related topics. He is currently a Ph.D. student in the Department of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation at the University of Toronto.

Latest Publications

• Average Personal Affordability of Prescription Drug Spending in the United States and Canada, 2010 edition
• Access Delayed, Access Denied: Waiting for New Medicines in Canada 2010
• Paying More, Getting Less: 2009 Report
• Access Delayed, Access Denied: Waiting for New Medicines in Canada 2009 Report
• Health Insurance and Bankruptcy Rates in Canada and the United States

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Latest News Releases

• Slow government approval policies limit Canadians’ access to new medicines

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Latest Articles & Commentaries

• Prescription Drug Spending in the United States and Canada
• Waiting for New Medicines in Canada
• Centralizing America’s Health Care
• Generic drugs in Canada
• The problem with central planning

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