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Health Care System In Canada
Although most Canadians believe that they have the best healthcare system is the best in the world this may have been the case in the early 90's but many other countries have reformed there healthcare system and Canada has ranked 10 out of 17 The Conference Board of Canada for the past few years. This evidence is strongly convincing that many Canadians are incorrect in believing that we have “the best health care system in the world.” There are many reasons why the Canadian health care system is ranked this low I will be discussing two of these issues in this article.
Wait times Wait times have been increasing since the establishment of the Canadian health care system. for example since 1993 wait times have increased 97% for visiting specialists,
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