XPost: or.politics, seattle.politics, alt.economics   
   From: bubbles@in.valid   
      
   On Wed, 3 Dec 2025 10:59:38 -0800   
   a425couple  wrote:   
      
   > Ryan Williams Bay of Quinte   
   > onSseopdtr4c   
   >   ·   
   > 🇨🇦 Canada’s Wait-Time Crisis Compared to the World   
   > here are the wait times:   
   >    
   > 🇨🇦 Canada   
   > • MRI: 80–90 days average   
   > • CT: 60–70 days   
   > • Surgery: 30 weeks median wait   
   > • Deaths while waiting: 23,746   
   > 🇵🇱 Poland   
   > • MRI: 7–14 days (private pathway)   
   > • CT: Same week with private option   
   > • Surgeries: Weeks, not months   
   > • Deaths while waiting: tiny fraction of Canada   
   > 🇺🇸 United States   
   > • MRI: 24–48 hours (insured)   
   > • CT: Same day   
   > • Surgeries: Days or weeks   
   > • Deaths while waiting: not tracked… because wait-lists are rare   
   > 🇬🇧 United Kingdom (NHS)   
   > • MRI: 25–35 days   
   > • CT: 1–3 weeks   
   > • Surgeries: long waits, but far fewer die waiting   
   > • Deaths while waiting: ≈310   
   > Now the real problem…   
   > ⸻   
   > 🇨🇦 23,746 Canadians died waiting for surgery or scans last year   
   > This is not normal.   
   > This is not happening anywhere else in the developed world.   
   > And it’s getting worse.   
   > ⸻   
   > 🇨🇦 Canada   
   > 23,746 deaths while on wait-lists (2024–25).   
   > Months for MRIs. Months for CTs. Months for surgery.   
   > The longest waits in the developed world… and the highest death toll    
   > from delays.   
   > ⸻   
   > 🇵🇱 Poland   
   > Public system with a legal private option…   
   > • MRI in 7–14 days   
   > • Surgeries in weeks, not half-a-year   
   > No national crisis of patients dying waiting for care.   
   > Poland proves that choice shortens waits.   
   > ⸻   
   > 🇺🇸 United States   
   > The US issues are about cost — not speed.   
   > Urgent care is immediate. Elective surgery is fast.   
   > They don’t track “died waiting for surgery” because wait-lists almost    
   > never exist.   
   > ⸻   
   > 🇬🇧 United Kingdom (NHS)   
   > Even a struggling NHS reports ≈310 deaths linked to delayed major   
   > surgery. Canada: 23,746.   
   > The gap is staggering.   
   > ⸻   
   > 📌 The truth   
   > Canada now has:   
   > • the slowest system,   
   > • the longest waits, and   
   > • the highest number of deaths from delayed care in the developed   
   > world.   
      
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