Universal health-care systems in Switzerland, the Netherlands, Germany and Australia include private insurers and/or providers.
health care wait times
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 12, 2017
5:00AM
The California State Senate recently voted for a universal health-care system in the state.
June 1, 2017
1:36PM
More than 13 per cent of patients said they were adversely affected by waiting for non-emergency surgery.
May 11, 2017
3:00AM
Queen’s Park is throwing money at the problem and hoping it will disappear.
May 8, 2017
10:59AM
Ontarians can expect to wait 15.6 weeks between referral from a general practitioner and treatment.
March 17, 2017
2:16PM
Last year’s estimated average wait between referral to treatment in Alberta was 22.9 weeks.
February 23, 2017
10:32AM
In 2016, B.C. patients waited 25.2 weeks for medically necessary treatment after referral from a GP.