> 2017, the median ER wait time for patients before admission as inpatients to California hospitals was 336 minutes — or more than 5½ hours. We have a similar

> 2017, the median ER wait time for patients before admission as inpatients to California hospitals was 336 minutes — or more than 5½ hours. We have a similar problem in Quebec (where healthcare is "free"): > 35 per cent of patients in Quebec — one in three — waited five hours or more for help in an emergency ward [1] I was personally discouraged to receive public health care on 3 different occasions, after initiating the process myself. Waiting times were always the problem. [1] https://montrealgazette.com/news/quebec/quebec-has-worst-emergency-room-wait-times-health-and-welfare-commissioner-says https://montrealgazette.com/news/quebec/quebec-has-worst-eme...