Patients will simply bypass the Canadian system entirely by having virtual consultations with doctors abroad.
Health Care
August 21, 2024
11:35AM
Patients in the province faced a 34.8-week wait to receive neurosurgical treatment.
August 13, 2024
8:47AM
From 1993 to 2023, health-care wait times have increased by 198 per cent.
August 9, 2024
2:49PM
Australia’s health-care system costs less than Canada’s yet delivers more rapid access to health-care services.
August 8, 2024
4:38PM
Canada ranked 25th of 29 comparable countries with universal health care on the number of MRIs.
May 15, 2024
10:24AM
In Australia, more than 70 per cent of elective hospital admissions involving surgery occurred in a private hospital.
March 19, 2024
3:00AM
New Brunswickers who required medically-necessary surgeries endured a median wait for treatment of 52.6 weeks.
February 7, 2024
10:30AM
Countries such as Switzerland, Germany and Australia either partner with their private sector or use it as a pressure-valve for the public system.
January 26, 2024
4:25PM
The province went from having some of the longest waits for surgery to some of the shortest.
January 25, 2024
12:32PM
Other countries include the private sector as a partner in the universal health-care framework.
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