In 2017, wait times cost the Canadian economy an estimated $1.9 billion—roughly $1,800 per person waiting.
access to health care
April 26, 2018
10:53AM
Even the U.K. has a robust parallel private system, often used as an alternative to the ailing National Health Service.
April 12, 2018
1:11PM
Last year in B.C., the average wait time between referral to treatment was 26.6 weeks.
April 6, 2018
9:14AM
In Switzerland, the health-care system features managed competition among insurance companies and health-care providers.
September 28, 2017
9:31AM
Canada ranks dead-last for the number of acute-care beds.
August 14, 2017
3:29PM
The average family of four will pay about $12,000 for public health care in 2017.
August 2, 2017
1:29PM
In the Commonwealth Fund’s rankings of health-care systems, Canada scored a dismal ninth out of 11 countries.
July 26, 2017
1:41PM
New survey corroborates troubling health-care wait-times trend.
July 12, 2017
9:35AM
Single-payer health-care systems are often only able to lower costs by rationing services.
June 28, 2017
3:08PM
In 2016, patients in Canada could expect to wait 20 weeks between GP referral and treatment.