Writers from the Fraser Institute believe Canada's health-care system is failing due to limits on the involvement of private providers.
While pandemic-related cancellations were not unique to Canada, many of our international peers started in a much better place. For example, a Commonwealth Fund survey of 11 countries in 2016 revealed that Canada already ranked at the bottom of the pack for timely access to elective care.
First, these countries allow private-care providers to assume a more active role within the public system, thereby increasing available capacity and diminishing the pressure on public providers. By contrast, these other universal health-care systems more actively allow patients to compare and choose providers — including private hospitals — for their publicly funded treatments.
This is in sharp contrast with the Canadian situation, where hospitals that accept referred patients do not get additional funding and have no incentive to treat patients in a timely manner.Article content
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