Patients will simply bypass the Canadian system entirely by having virtual consultations with doctors abroad.
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Australia’s health-care system costs less than Canada’s yet delivers more rapid access to health-care services.
Canadians have some of the worst access to medical technologies, physicians and hospital beds in the developed world.
In 2022, the wait between a specialist visit and treatment was 27.4 weeks.
The province expects to receive more than $6 billion from Ottawa via the Canada Health Transfer this year.
In Sweden, patients usually pay a nominal fee for family doctor appointments.
The Canada Health Act severely limits the ability of provinces to innovate and experiment with health-care policy.
Research has repeatedly shown that money isn’t the problem—the problem is the value we get for our money.
For elective surgery, 99 per cent of Germans reported waiting less than four months compared to 62 per cent of Canadians.