waiting for health care

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Saskatchewan proved that reform can shorten wait times

The province went from having some of the longest waits for surgery to some of the shortest.


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Canadian patients face long waits for diagnostic imaging

The median wait in 2023 for an MRI was 12.9 weeks—two weeks longer than last year.


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Albertans endure some of the longest health-care waits in Canada

The province's median wait between referral and receipt of treatment was 33.5 weeks.


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Canadians face longest health-care wait times on record

The median wait time between referral from a family doctor to treatment now stands at 27.7 weeks.


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B.C.’s health-care wait times only getting longer

Wait times in the province more than doubled from 10.4 weeks in 1993 to 25.8 weeks in 2022.


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New health minister should not repeat predecessor’s mistakes

Canada now has the most expensive universal health-care system in the world.


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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.