2026-08-15 from calgaryherald.com by Conrad Eder
If there’s one thing we don’t need, it’s more of the same.
In 2025, patients endured a median wait of 28.6 weeks from referral to treatment, and one in four said their health worsened because of delays accessing care. Behind those numbers are real people facing delayed diagnoses, postponed surgeries and prolonged suffering.
Yet, too often, politicians show little interest in exploring innovative solutions, preferring to defend the status quo and continue pouring money into the same government-run health-care monopoly. The result: a backlog of 1.4 million procedures.
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