Dear John,

Canadians were already dealing with a record-long medical wait-times before the COVID-19 pandemic hit in 2020, which only made things worse.

And recent estimates suggest that over half a million Canadians were still waiting for treatment... at the beginning of 2023!

A new study published by the Fraser Institute today finds that Canada can tackle growing backlog of surgeries with funding reforms and expanded role for private-care providers within our public system.

Other countries – which also have universal health-care – have adopted a number of policy reforms in order to significantly improve access to care for their populations:

Allowing private care providers a more active role in delivering care within the public system, thereby increasing available capacity to help clear surgical backlogs; Publishing information on wait times and quality, and allowing patients to compare and choose care providers accordingly; and Shifting away from fixed health budgets for hospitals. By making patients no longer a source of expenses in a fixed budget but rather a source of additional revenue, patient-based funding schemes encourage providers to deliver quality services in order to attract more patients.

Dig further into the numbers here [[link removed]], and please help us spread this news on social media!

Sincerely,

Niels Veldhuis

President

The Fraser Institute

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