ICYMI: Opinion: Import EU cross-border health care to reduce Sask. surgical waits
While wait times for cataract surgery and many other surgeries in Saskatchewan are currently quite long
— that’s more than the capacity of Mosaic Stadium. It’s not just Saskatchewan; across Canada, governments postponed thousands of surgeries during the pandemic, making our nation’s waiting list crisis even worse. One shouldn’t chuckle at the idea of a busload full of Saskatchewan patients heading abroad for timely surgery. Beginning in 2017, two politicians from Ireland regularly organized busloads of patients to travel to the UK for cataract surgery. As of 2019, they had helped around 1,500 patients receive faster cataract surgery — and reimbursement from the Irish government.
Needless to say, there are cases where surgery abroad may cost patients more than what the government reimburses. Thus, it’s up to patients to decide if they want to pay the difference or wait for the government to provide surgery. Like it is in Europe, this policy would be completely voluntary.Article content
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