health care reform

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Huge backlog of surgeries underscores need for sweeping health-care reform in B.C.

In 2019, more than 166,000 patients in the province were waiting for treatment after seeing a specialist.


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Kenney government postpones reforms despite COVID-related surgery backlog

Saskatchewan cut surgical wait times by, among other reforms, partnering with private clinics.


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Alberta should seek more autonomy in health care

Albertans faced a median wait time of 28 weeks compared to a national average of 20.9 weeks.


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Health-care reform—less Ottawa, more Alberta (and other provinces)

Canada ranks among the bottom of OECD universal health-care countries for the number of doctors and hospital beds.


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Health-care reform in Canada is coming one way or another

The share of provincial budgets consumed by health care will increase to an estimated 42.6 per cent by 2031.


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Private for-profit hospitals comprise 39 per cent of hospitals in Australia and 43 per cent in Germany.