the Quebec Supreme
Court ruled last June that the provincial ban on private health insurance was
unconstitutional because people were dying waiting for treatment in the
government-run system.
Since that
ruling, numerous private practices are flourishing, although they have been
threatened with stiff fines, but it is highly unlikely it will wind up in
court, as it may open the door for widespread exposure and publicity about
the inept national system.
Now that Canada’s system has matured (or decayed), severe
problems have developed. Costs for
the national and provincial governments are exploding and some cancer
patients are waiting months for diagnostic tests and treatment.
Some of the telltale statistics are frightening;
·
The time it tales to be referred by a family doctor
to an appointment with a specialist has increased from 3.7 to 8.3 weeks
time between the appointment and actual treatment
has increased from 5.6 to 9.4 weeks
5.5 weeks for oncology to
40 weeks for orthopedic surgery
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