health care wait times

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Wait times for health care cost Albertans $600 million

An estimated 181,333 Albertans faced a median wait of 19.2 weeks between specialist consultation and treatment.


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Nova Scotia’s health-care wait times remain among longest in Canada

At 58.2 weeks, the province’s median wait time is more than double the national average.


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Courts mandate socialism to promote ‘fundamental justice’

According to the court, we must have equal distribution of medical resources, even if that prevents you from obtaining private care that would save your life.


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Health-care wait times cost Canadians billions of dollars

Countries with shorter wait times do universal health care differently than Canada.


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Canada’s health-care wait times hit record high of 27.4 weeks

This year’s median wait is almost three times longer than the wait recorded in the first national survey in 1993.


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Overwhelming evidence—it’s time to fix Canadian health care

Canada ranked last on the timeliness of both specialist and elective surgical care.


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Alberta takes another step towards reducing health-care wait times

In 2021, the median wait in Alberta between seeing a general practitioner and receiving treatment was 32.1 weeks.


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Long wait times for health care predated pandemic

Canadians could expect a median wait time of 49.2 weeks for neurosurgery.