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Canadians losing faith in our health-care system

Other countries include the private sector as a partner in the universal health-care framework.


12:58PM
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Federal government embraces co-payments and ‘dual billing’ for dental care—but not health care

Ottawa's plan won’t replace existing provincial and territorial programs that already cover some oral health services.


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Ottawa’s new dental care benefit offers lessons for health-care reform

Among universal health-care countries, Canada ranks poorly on several key indictors including number of hospital beds.


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Canadians endure long waits for mental health care

Canadians can expect to wait nearly six months from general practitioner referral to treatment by a psychiatrist.


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Enough talk, it's time to fix health care in Canada

In 2022, the wait between a specialist visit and treatment was 27.4 weeks.


9:44AM
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Ottawa’s heavy hand frustrates health-care reform in Alberta and beyond

In countries with more successful universal systems, patients are free to use private clinics.


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Canada can learn lessons from Europe to fix our broken health-care system

At the beginning of 2023, at least 645,000 Canadians were waiting for surgery.


11:03AM
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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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Despite high spending, Alberta’s health-care system is failing

Patients in the province faced a median wait of 33.3 weeks between seeing a general practitioner and receiving treatment.