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Other countries with universal health care don’t have Canada’s long wait times

In Germany, patients can seek private care while still insured by the public system.


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B.C. government should improve health-care access at home rather than ship patients to U.S.

Last year patients in the province faced a median wait of 27.7 weeks from GP referral to a specialist to treatment.


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Private clinics could help New Brunswick shorten brutal health-care wait times

Last year the province's median wait time for medically-necessary surgery was 52.6 weeks.


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Public-private partnerships the norm in higher-performing universal health-care systems

The median wait time in Ontario last year (21.6 weeks) was more than twice as long as the 9.1-week wait in 1993.


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Canadian patients want other options outside crumbling health-care system

Countries such as Switzerland, Germany and Australia either partner with their private sector or use it as a pressure-valve for the public system.


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Alberta should learn from other higher-performing universal health-care systems

The province's average wait time for health care grew from 18.5 weeks in 2008 to 33.5 weeks in 2023.


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B.C. government sends patients to U.S. while fighting private options in B.C.
The total wait between referral to treatment for oncology in B.C. is now about twice as long as the Canadian average.

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Provinces should learn from Quebec and expand use of private health-care clinics

Participating hospitals have reduced wait times to well below the provincial average.