[Fair or not, that’s the stinging reality of a creaking medical system – one that Ken Jamieson felt the effects of first hand. In need of a colonoscopy on the advice of his doctor late last year, he was told he would have to wait a year in his hometown of Gatineau, Que., or pay for it at a private clinic. But across the river, a mere 15-minute drive away in Ottawa, it could be performed in about a week
The rates Quebec pays to physicians to deliver medical services are, on average, the lowest in Canada, which means that patients like Mr. Jamieson are refused non-urgent care when they travel to another province, are treated like foreigners, or are among the lucky few who have doctors provide medical services at a discounted rate.
“It’s not what I could call fair,” says Mr. Jamieson, a retired high-school teacher]
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