Patients in Saskatchewan still have access to universal care—just a lot sooner than before thanks in part to private providers working within the system.
healthcare
Décembre 5, 2018
11:09AM
Ontarians waited 29.7 weeks (on average) for orthopedic surgery this year.
Avril 18, 2015
6:00AM
You know things are bad when the best you can say is “at least it hasn’t gotten any worse.” That, essentially, is the main takeaway from the Canadian Institute for Health Information’s updated report on wait times for healthcare in Canada.
Avril 23, 2012
6:00PM
As those who have ever endured painful months, or even years, waiting for medically necessary treatment have discovered, all the new cash poured into Canadas health care system in recent years has made little difference.
Last month the Canadian Institute of Health Information [CIHI] released a report indicating that about 80 per cent of patients received treatment in priority clinical areas (cancer, heart, diagnostic imaging, joint replacement and sight restoration) within targeted benchmarks. But a closer examination suggests that it is certainly no reason for celebration.
Avril 23, 2011
2:00AM
When it comes to health care, all three of Canadas major federal political parties are drinking the same Kool-Aid. All three say they will maintain the six per cent annual increases to health care transfer payments to the provinces past 2014. But does it not seem odd they want to spend more money on a problem that has little to do with how much we spend, especially at a time when Ottawa can ill afford it?
Novembre 29, 2010
2:00AM
When it comes to Canadian health care, everyone seems to agree our system has problems and needs to be improved. But the discussion always seems to end there, with any new idea for reform immediately discarded by vote-sensitive politicians and vested special interest groups.
Décembre 29, 2006
2:00AM
When it comes to healthcare, Canada remains out of step with the rest of the industrialized world. Over the past 15 years or so, many countries with universal access health programs have been increasingly tapping into the competitive market for solutions to their health care woes. Others, like Japan and Switzerland, have always depended on competitive health care markets to deliver access to care regardless of ability to pay. Unfortunately in Canada, governments of all stripes remain steadfast in their dismissal of private sector solutions.