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The high cost of "free" care.(public health spending in Canada)(Brief article)
Many Americans are also unaware that it is illegal for Canadians to charge for medical operations that would be "free" in a public hospital--despite the lengthy waits required before treatment in those hospitals.
Nadeem Esmail, senior health-policy analyst at the Fraser Institute, says the real healthcare costs borne must include the time Canadians are forced to wait for care.
Writing for The Freeman (May 2005), Esmail pointed out:
To see a specialist in Canada, on average, requires a wait of about eight and a half weeks. Once that specialist decides that a treatment is required, the average wait is nine ...
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