Other countries include the private sector as a partner in the universal health-care framework.
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Ottawa's plan won’t replace existing provincial and territorial programs that already cover some oral health services.
Among universal health-care countries, Canada ranks poorly on several key indictors including number of hospital beds.
Canadians can expect to wait nearly six months from general practitioner referral to treatment by a psychiatrist.
In 2022, the wait between a specialist visit and treatment was 27.4 weeks.
Canada ranked dead last on timely access to specialists and surgical care.
In countries with more successful universal systems, patients are free to use private clinics.
At the beginning of 2023, at least 645,000 Canadians were waiting for surgery.
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.
Patients in the province faced a median wait of 33.3 weeks between seeing a general practitioner and receiving treatment.