healthcare costs

9:07AM
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Alberta’s bureaucratic shuffle bears little resemblance to necessary health-care reforms

Australia, Switzerland and Germany all deliver more timely universal care with comparable levels of spending to Canada.


5:30AM
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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.


2:30AM
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Nova Scotia government must consider bold health-care reform

Last year, the median wait time between referral to treatment in Nova Scotia was 58.2 weeks, dwarfing the national average.


2:19PM
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Canada’s high level of health-care spending not producing high performance

Canada ranked 28th out of 30 universal health-care countries with 2.8 physicians per 1,000 people.


11:50AM
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Health-care reform in Ontario would help patients and the economy

According to estimates, Ontarians were waiting for 369,402 procedures in 2022.


8:30AM
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Reform—not more money—will improve health care in Alberta

Last year, Albertans waited 33.3 weeks between referral and medically necessary non-emergency treatment.


7:30AM
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Canadians already pay ‘membership fee’ for health care

A typical family with an average household income of $169,296 will pay an estimated $16,950 for public health care this year.


9:30AM
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Alberta opts for federal health-care dollars over meaningful reforms

The province expects to receive more than $6 billion from Ottawa via the Canada Health Transfer this year.


11:33AM
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Ottawa’s hostility toward private health care out of step with most Canadians

Last year, Canadians could expect a median wait of 27.4 weeks between referral to a specialist and receipt of treatment.