Cory Morgan: As Canada’s Health Care System Teeters on the Brink of Collapse, Politicians Refuse to Utter the Word ‘Reform’
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In New Brunswick, 74,000 people are on a waiting list trying to find a family doctor, while some have even desperately taken to Twitter in hopes of finding one.
In B.C., hospitals are cutting hours for their emergency rooms and primary care centres are on the brink of being overwhelmed.
In Ontario, hospitals have been forced to close their ERs and some patients have been languishing in hallways for hours waiting for emergency care.
In Quebec, the average wait for a hospital bed is an agonizing 18.9 hours, and in Alberta, rural citizens have been finding themselves without any urgent care facilities as opening hours have been cut….