With every passing year, America seems to move closer to a government-run medical system. We should look north to Canada to understand what this will inevitably mean for patients receiving timely access to health care.

Last week one of our favorite think tanks, the Fraser Institute, published “Waiting Your Turn,” an annual survey of physicians across Canada regarding medical treatment wait times. The MEDIAN wait time is more than SIX months! The 28-week waiting period for surgeries or other treatments is the longest ever recorded and twice as high as it was 30 years ago.

This is medical progress? Canadians are literally dying to get treatment.