Michael Rachlis , m.d., is Canada’s most out- spoken health policy analyst and a valued source of expert opinion on Canada’s health care system. He is a specialist in community medicine, consult- ant to governments and royal commissions, and an associate professor (part-time) at the University of Toronto’s Department of Health Policy Management and Evaluation. Dr. Rachlis is co-author (with Carol Kushner) of two national bestsellers, Second Opinion (Collins 1989) and Strong Medicine (HarperCollins 1994). He lives in Toronto.