Sickest Canadians Face the Highest Barriers to Care
CTV of Canada reports: “Canadians with chronic conditions are frequent users of the health-care system, but a new report shows many experience considerable difficulty getting the medical treatment they need.” Continue reading
Canada: the soul-destroying search for a family doctor
Journalist Gloria Galloway relates her exhausting search for a family doctor in Ottawa, Canada. Colorado also has a shortage of primary care docs. Will the woes of Canadian patients come to Colorado?
Canada: 18-month wait for spinal surgery
Question on Canada’s Globe & Mail “Ask a Health Expert”: “My father-in-law needs cervical decompression surgery. He’s been told it will be 12 to 18 months and that the only way he will get the operation sooner is if he degrades further, potentially to the point of paralysis. …”
