Unlike Canadians, Germans do not face long wait times for health care.
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Australia, Germany and the Netherlands all allow more private-sector involvement in health care than Canada.
In 2016, Canadians could expect to wait 10.6 weeks for medically necessary treatment after seeing a specialist.
Albertans wait 22.9 weeks for treatment—five weeks longer than 15 years ago.
Since the passage of the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) the quality of health insurance plans in the United States has gone down, while premiums have gone way up.
The Government of Saskatchewan recently passed legislation that will allow patients to pay for Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scans using their own money.
British Columbia’s health ministry recently announced it will invest $10 million to increase surgical capacity, with an eye on reducing wait times.