Globe and Mail’s Hannay to focus on health coverage

Globe and Mail business reporter Chris Hannay will take on a new focus as part of his independent business beat, training his sights on health.

Although Canada has universal public health insurance, much of the system is powered by private business, from doctor’s offices to pharmaceuticals.

He will look at issues such as how business decisions affect patient access, how professionals’ practices are affected by government rules, or how innovative companies are trying to solve complex programs.

Before that, Hannay worked in a variety of roles across departments. He covered issues affecting small businesses at the height of the COVID-19 crisis. He has written for the editorial board.

He was an editor in the Ottawa bureau, helping direct coverage of federal politics and writing The Globe’s popular daily newsletter about politics. And he has written about arts, winning a National Newspaper Award in 2018 for coverage of a scandal at the National Gallery of Canada.