New tool for patients: PatientOptions.ca

REGINA, SK: Canadian think tank SecondStreet.org launched today a new resource to help Canadian patients with accessing health care – PatientOptions.ca. The new site helps patients learn about accessing health care in Canada’s public system and private options in Canada and abroad. 

“Canada desperately needs health reform to improve services for patients, but that takes time,” said SecondStreet.org president Colin Craig. “PatientOptions.ca is a tool that can help patients today. For example, the site includes tips on things people can try to help speed up their long wait for surgery in the public system. Alternatively, patients can also find info on where they can pay for private surgery and diagnostic scans instead of going abroad for surgery.”

Visitors to the site can find the following information:

• Tips on how to move their case up on a government waiting list
• Links to find a family doctor and wait times for walk-in clinics and emergency rooms
• A directory of clinics that provide private surgery and diagnostic scans in Canada
• Information on the tax treatment of private health procedures
• Links to insurance companies that cover private care abroad
• And much more!

To access PatientOptions.ca and learn more about how you can get the care you deserve – click here.