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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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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 cross-border cancer care initiative—necessary, bold and hypocritical

The median wait between specialist visit to treatment in the province exceeded what physicians consider reasonable by more than one month.


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Health-care wait times cost Canadians billions of dollars

Countries with shorter wait times do universal health care differently than Canada.


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Courts deal another blow to B.C. patients waiting for health care

Patients in the province could expect to wait 25.8 weeks (on average) between a specialist referral and receipt of treatment.