As has been repeated many times by opposition politicians in the media (the conservatives have been silent about this for obvious reasons), people who urgently need treatment, get it immediately. Non-terminal situations do require waits, and in some cases very long waits, but that is why private clinics are allowed to exist in Canada. IIRC I think we have a much more blended system than people realize. I think someone mentioned on CP that 'radically hippy' BC is more privatized than Alberta.
I think the main problem we have with health care is in the education system. We simply need to train more specialists than we do.
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