Policymakers in Canada should learn how other countries with older populations are mitigating demographic challenges.
private health care
October 5, 2021
1:00AM
September 14, 2021
9:18AM
Last year, 62 per cent of patients in Canada waited more than four months for a specialist appointment compared to 31 per cent in the Netherlands.
April 29, 2021
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September 21, 2020
10:01AM
Patients in the province waited 33.3 weeks (on average) for medically necessary treatment.
February 4, 2020
9:19AM
Politicians and bureaucrats have less incentive to adopt innovations than private-sector organizations.
September 13, 2019
11:11AM
In Australia, Italy and the United Kingdom, private insurance allows patients a wider choice of providers and faster 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.
June 28, 2017
3:08PM
In 2016, patients in Canada could expect to wait 20 weeks between GP referral and treatment.