Exactly. Specialist wait times in Canada are often exaggerated by special interest groups. A few years ago, my family doctor noticed something concerning. I

Exactly. Specialist wait times in Canada are often exaggerated by special interest groups. A few years ago, my family doctor noticed something concerning. I was seen by a specialist within a week, and was in the operating room a few days later. It was a potentially serious situation but not immediately life-threatening, yet I still received fast and efficient treatment. There are longer wait times for high-demand procedures affecting 'quality of life', but that is the nature of triage. The important part is that the whole episode cost me nothing more than a few sleepless nights, while a friend in the US who went through a similar process and spent a similar time waiting for surgery ended up with substantial medical debt.