Dear John,

If you've been following our health care studies for a while, you already know that Canada routinely lags behind its international peers in key metrics of health care performance, such as the availability of doctors and hospital beds, and wait times for medically necessary care.

But our new study out today finds what might be a solution to many of these issues.

Among 28 industrialized countries in the world with universal health-care, Canada is only one of six that does not use any form of cost-sharing for core medical services.

Cost sharing – which can take the form of deductibles, co-insurance payments, or copayments – can be used to incentivize more efficient use of scarce health resources and potentially reduce wait times.

Many of the universal health-care countries that require cost-sharing have shorter wait times than Canada!

Learn more by checking out the full study here, and be sure to share it with your friends and colleagues.

Sincerely,

Niels Veldhuis
President
The Fraser Institute