He took on the provincial government, and in effect the “myth” of Canada’s single-tier universal health-care system, in 2009 and the case landed in B.C. Other countries, including Switzerland, Germany and England, that offer a parallel public-private system of care have managed to shorten wait lists, he said. You cannot promise health care, then not deliver it in a timely way, then outlaw the patients’ ability to access it independently,” he said. “It’s a model that Alberta has also pursued and now in Ontario we’re learning from the experience of B.C. Sign Up NowHe said a parallel public-private system has not worked in some countries, including Australia and Scotland.

Source: thestar November 17, 2019 14:15 UTC