A new poll says long wait times lead half of Canadians to avoid seeing a doctor or going to the hospital.

A new poll says long wait times lead half of Canadians to avoid seeing a doctor or going to the hospital.

The poll was conducted by Léger and commissioned by right-leaning think-tanks the Montreal Economic Institute, SecondStreet.org, and the Canadian Constitution Foundation.

The percentage of respondents who say they avoid consulting doctors because of wait times is highest among women, people over 55 and Quebecers.

  • Maeve@kbin.earth
    7·
    2 days ago

    This will require the rich to pay taxes. When it comes to collecting those taxes, you’re probably going to have to pry it out of their cold dead fingers.

    • quanin@lemmy.caOP
      5·
      2 days ago

      Yes, I read that. And I pointed to a few things (trust me, there’s a laundry list of them) we could be doing before we reach that point.

      Also, I feel it necessary to point out that there are a lot more billionaires in California alone than all of Canada, nevermind the rest of the US. Taxing your rich would have a whole lot more of an effect than taxing ours.

      • Maeve@kbin.earth
        1·
        1 day ago

        Also, I feel it necessary to point out that there are a lot more billionaires in California alone than all of Canada, nevermind the rest of the US. Taxing your rich would have a whole lot more of an effect than taxing ours.

        I agree. Tell it to nazi.world.

        • quanin@lemmy.caOP
          2·
          23 hours ago

          If they won’t listen to you, they sure as hell won’t listen to me.