2024-09-25 from theglobeandmail.com
Nearly half of all Canadians say their access to medical care has worsened over the last few years, with two-thirds experiencing what they consider an unreasonable wait for surgeries and other services, a new survey has found.
As a result, 73 per cent now say they’re open to major reform of the health care system, including a larger role for the private sector. But that doesn’t mean they support private payment: Nearly two-thirds felt it wouldn’t be fair to allow patients to buy medically necessary care because, “the rich would be better served.”
The survey results from the research arm of the public-relations firm Navigator are the latest to highlight the long-standing tension between Canadians’ desire for a transformed public-health system and their discomfort with allowing people to pay their way to the front of the queue.
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