Canada Pursues Private Options to Ease Healthcare Backlogs

Ontario becomes latest province to push for expanded role of private clinics

Health authorities across Canada have been grappling with long wait times at emergency rooms. Photo: COLE BURSTON/REUTERS

TORONTO—Ontario is the latest Canadian province that is turning to private healthcare options in a bid to fix growing problems with the publicly funded healthcare system. 

Canada’s most-populous province this past week outlined a plan to allow more patients to go to private treatment centers for cataract and joint-replacement surgeries as well as for services such as MRIs or CT scans. The province will invest more than 18 million Canadian dollars, equivalent to $13.4 million, in the private facilities to increase their capacity.

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