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In 2017, Saskatchewan’s auditor general showed that a private pay MRI program actually increased wait times for scans rather than the promised reduction. Here, an MRI machine is prepared at Toronto’s Sunnybrook Hospital on May 1, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young

Why private, for‑profit health care is a terrible idea

Sarah Giles, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa; Danyaal Raza, University of Toronto, and Rupinder Brar, University of British Columbia

A two-tier, for-profit health-care system will not end “hallway medicine” in Ontario or elsewhere; evidence from around the world shows that private payment increases wait times for the majority.

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