In Australia, more than 70 per cent of elective hospital admissions involving surgery occurred in a private hospital.
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At $75,000 in income, the province has the highest combined tax rate in Canada.
Among countries with universal health care, Canada has some of the lowest numbers of physicians, hospital beds and MRI machines.
In 2021/22, 41 per cent of all hospital care in Australia took place in private facilities.
In other countries with universal health care, patients are free to seek care privately and are not shackled to the government system.
The median wait time for surgery in Alberta was 33.5 weeks, one of the longest waits in the country.
Countries such as Switzerland, Germany and Australia either partner with their private sector or use it as a pressure-valve for the public system.
The province went from having some of the longest waits for surgery to some of the shortest.
Other countries include the private sector as a partner in the universal health-care framework.