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People hold up Canada as a model, but rarely look beneath the surface:
msn.com - Canadian healthcare is no longer the envy of the worldIssues in Canada:
-Nobody has a family doctor
-Wait times are becoming a crisis
-ERs are overcrowded
-Your records aren't necessarily transportable from province to province
-Lack of service in rural areas
-Slow adoption of new tech
How bad is the lack of a family doctor?
cbc.ca - Primary care canada canadians reportThe report found evidence of what it calls an "attachment crisis" — an estimated 22 per cent of Canadian adults (about 6.5 million people) do not have a family doctor or nurse practitioner they can see regularly.
The problem appears to be getting worse. In a 2019 Statistics Canada survey, 14.5 per cent of Canadians aged 12 and over reported not having regular access to primary care.So Canada is having issues caring for its aging (and much smaller population).
