Canada Hospital Crisis - 2023

Описание: What the mainstream Canadian media are failing to report as a comparative analysis in the COVID-aftermath hospital crisis. I have tried to source mainstream US reports to explain how the problem isn't Canadian in nature.

UPDATE Nov 2023: private clinics costing as much as 300% more for health procedures vs public hospitals and clinics:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toront...

CBC report: Private care costs more, zero evidence it reduces waits:
https://ici.radio-canada.ca/rci/en/ne...

US private, for profit doctors are leaving the profession in droves, Amanpour & Co. reports:
   • Why Are Doctors Quitting? This Physician S...  

MEMPHIS area private hospital with waits over 50 hours before doctors see patients:
https://wreg.com/news/family-says-the...
Source: WREG, CBS affiliate Memphis ,TN

TAMPA area ER's so overloaded, Ambulances wait 8+ hours before they can even get patients into the ER to begin waiting for care in the hospital:
https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/inv...
Source: WTSP, CBS affiliate Tampa, FL

LOUISIANA hospital has 16 hour waits before doctors see patients in ER:
https://www.ksla.com/2022/07/13/getti...
Source: KSLA, CBS affiliate, Shreveport, LA

BOSTON hospitals reporting 8+ hr waits before patients see doctors in ER:
https://www.wgbh.org/news/local-news/...
Source: WGBH, PBS affiliate, Boston, MA

POLITICO report on rural hospital closures in Tennessee, system in total collapse even before COVID:
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/03...

75% of rural hospitals in Tennessee in threat of closure, with most of those patients having to go to urban hospitals that are already overloaded:
https://fox17.com/news/local/apple-ne...
Source: WZTV, Fox affiliate, Nashville, TN

CBC piece on Doug Ford's privatization scheme:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toront...
Source: CBC

Ontario Health Coalition coverage of privatization:
https://www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca...

CBC report - existing private health care already billing thousands for surgeries that should be free:
   • She paid thousands more than she needed to...  

Australians wait days for hospital beds:
https://www.theguardian.com/australia...
Source: The Guardian, UK

Globe and Mail: Canadian hospital OR's sit empty as privatization plans to open private for profit clinics:
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canad...
Source: Globe and Mail