Wait times for Canadians to see a doctor have soared. Once a source of national pride, Canada\u0027s universal health\u002Dcare system is sick.
This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below., but Bill Tholl says the provinces can provide templates for each other when formulating policy, due to Canada’s decentralized health-care system.
Tholl says many of the problems with Canadian health care can be traced back to the 1990s. Following the 1980s, Canada was racked with fiscal chaos, chronic budget deficits and inflation. It prompted a major policy shift towards balanced budgets and getting government spending under control. Even if changes were to be made, Tholl says it could take anywhere from six to 12 years for new professionals, such as cardiac surgeons, to enter the system.
Immigrant doctors would be a welcome addition to Canada’s medical workforce in 2022, as many medical professionals across Canada are retiring due to burnout from the pandemic, lessening the already short supply. “It’s always been competitive, but I suspect it’s more competitive now than it’s ever been,” says Tholl.
Esmail says the Canada Health Act is limiting policy innovation because it governs what provinces can and cannot do in terms of health-care policy in return for federal health transfer payments. He says that the provinces are dominated by government-run monopolistic hospitals, and a health-care system that precludes any cost-sharing of user fees.Article content
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