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1. More money won’t fix Newfoundland and Labrador health-care system

   The province spent more per-capita on health care than any other province. ...

2. Alberta operates remarkably inefficient health-care system with huge price tag

   The province had the capacity to perform more than 1.3 million CT exams but only 419,000 were actually performed. ...

3. Wait times—the other health-care crisis

   The elective surgery queue cost 1.2 million Canadians a total of $2.8 billion in lost wages and productivity. ...

4. B.C. makes progress on surgery backlog—but serious challenges remain

   The pandemic has impacted British Columbia’s health-care system in many ways. Like many provincial governments, the Horgan government postponed surgeries—specifically, more than 30,000 “ non-urgent ” scheduled surgeries between March 16 ...

5. B.C. should consider long-term collaboration with private clinics

   The estimated time to clear the backlog has been reduced from 24 months to 15 months. ...

6. Alberta’s surgery backlog should prompt health-care reform in the province

   Despite their label, “elective” procedures are medically-necessary treatments ranging from life-saving cancer surgeries to hip replacements. In Alberta, the health-care system resumed elective surgeries on May 4, but in the absence of ...

7. COVID creating a backlog of cancelled elective surgeries in Canada

   The COVID-19 crisis has led many provinces to take drastic measures to both limit the spread of virus and ensure scarce medical resources are available in the event of a surge in cases. One of these measures involves the cancellation of ...

8. Other universal health-care countries allow private health insurance—and have shorter wait times

   A new study by the Fraser Institute details how Canada is one of the only high-income countries in the world that does not embrace private insurers for medically necessary care. Importantly, each of the 16 countries examined share Canada ...

9. Kenney reforms may reduce health-care wait times, like in Saskatchewan

   At a recent press conference, Alberta Health Minister Tyler Shandro announced his plan to implement bold reforms to improve Alberta’s health-care system. Expressing concern for record high wait times in the province, the minister promised ...