105,000 Canadians Left Canada for Healthcare. Why?

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105,000+ Canadians reportedly sought care abroad in 2025. Would you pay to skip the wait?

Could private clinics help—or hollow out Canada's public hospitals?

In this episode, we break down:

• Why Canadians face a 26-week benchmark for hip and knee replacement surgery—and what that means for patients living in pain.

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• The Fraser Institute's estimate that over 105,000 Canadians travelled abroad for medical care in 2025.

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• The growing appeal of medical tourism, including the costs and risks of getting surgery outside Canada.
• Doug Ford's expansion of private surgical clinics in Ontario and the debate over privatizing healthcare services.
• Whether private clinics can reduce surgery wait times or simply pull doctors and nurses away from public hospitals.
• Why Canada needs more healthcare workers, better surgical capacity, and shorter wait times.
• How robotic surgery, modern procedures, and rehabilitation are changing recovery for hip and knee patients.

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• Hosts: Jim Lang, Mike Wixson

Timestamps:

• 00:00 Canada's six-month surgery wait problem
• 02:22 Why 105,000 Canadians sought healthcare abroad
• 04:40 The cost and dangers of medical tourism
• 07:50 Doug Ford's private clinics and Ontario's healthcare debate
• 10:08 Why Canada needs more doctors and shorter wait times
• 13:36 Are private clinics hurting public hospitals?
• 16:17 The risks of travelling abroad for surgery

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