Canada's health minister has "significant concerns" with Saskatchewan's buy one, get one policy for diagnostic scans such as MRIs. Federal health minister Jane Philpott has written to her provincial counterpart, Jim Reiter, telling him she would like Saskatchewan to "put an end" to encouraging private payment for medical scans. Instead, she says the government should ensure everyone has access to MRIs and CT scans as quickly as possible. In return, the clinic must offer another scan to someone on the public waiting list. Reiter says the province "fully intends" to continue expanding its 2-for-1 program to CT scans.

Source: CBC News November 28, 2016 16:35 UTC