No, it’s not a global-warming post. Canada’s government-run health care system, which freezes many patients out of timely care through bureaucracy and shortages, may be thawing out slightly in the future, reports The Washington Times:
For the first time, private health care clinics are proliferating throughout Canada and arguments for allowing private physicians to practice freely are being heard.
“You are seeing the Medicare orthodoxy of the last 30 years being questioned in Canada,” said Dr. David Gratzer, a registered physician in Canada and the U.S., and senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, a nonprofit public-policy think tank. “Over the last two years, the health care system has dramatically changed to allow more private health care.”