Canadian patients’ average orthopedic waiting time actually fell three weeks from last year, but overall wait times for Canadians are about the same length they were 10 years ago, despite the government’s healthcare spending increases, the Canadian-based Institute reported.
“Throwing more money at a fundamentally broken system will not solve the wait time problem,” the Institute said in the release. “Canadians deserve healthcare they can depend on, and it’s time for politicians of all political stripes to admit the current system is a failure.”
Read the Fraser Institute’s release on waiting times in Canada.
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