Only four provinces allow people to buy private insurance for the kinds of health care provided by the government system.
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December 1, 2015
10:24AM
Nearly every other developed country pursues universal health care through a combination of government, private non-profit and for-profit institutions.
August 11, 2015
9:00AM
As is often the case in U.S. politics—though normally on the Democratic side of the aisle—Canada’s health care system was raised as a functioning alternative to the American model. Specifically, GOP front-runner Donald Trump described Canada’s health care system as working just fine.
June 15, 2015
11:00AM
British Columbia’s health ministry recently announced it will invest $10 million to increase surgical capacity, with an eye on reducing wait times.
April 18, 2015
6:00AM
You know things are bad when the best you can say is “at least it hasn’t gotten any worse.” That, essentially, is the main takeaway from the Canadian Institute for Health Information’s updated report on wait times for healthcare in Canada.
November 26, 2014
6:00AM
June 13, 2014
6:00AM
The heated and often emotionally charged debate over the Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare) hasn’t subsided despite it being the law of the land for more than four years.
April 17, 2014
2:00AM
The 2004 federal-provincial health accord recently completed its 10-year run, and expired on schedule. Though heralded at the time of its signing as a landmark agreement that would solve many of the wait times issues plaguing Canada's healthcare system, in retrospect it achieved very little and was very expensive to boot.