canadian health care system

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Donald Trump’s characterization of Canada’s health-care system as “catastrophic” may be political hyperbole, but we cannot ignore the huge problems that plague our system.


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Canada imposes complete government control over people's access to medically necessary care.


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Our health-care system is expensive, delivers poor-to-modest results, and fails to achieve many of its laudable aspirations.


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Aspects of the Canada Health Act discourage provinces from emulating policies found in Australia, the United Kingdom, France and Germany.


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High level of spending has not yielded high value in return—Canada has some of the longest wait times for treatment in the developed world.


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Five provinces including Ontario will see health spending grow close to or exceed 50 per cent of program spending.


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Federal regulations discourage provinces from emulating other countries that deliver universal health care without long wait times.


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Only four provinces allow people to buy private insurance for the kinds of health care provided by the government system.