By Peter Zimonjic, CBC News, October 12, 2016
1% of patients receiving specialist treatment went abroad, report says
During Sunday’s U.S. presidential debate, Republican candidate Donald Trump said Canada’s “catastrophic” health-care system is prompting Canadians to head south for treatment — but a new report says the number of health tourists has fallen year over year.
The Fraser Institute report estimates that about one per cent of Canadian patients who received treatment from a specialist in 2015 got that treatment outside of Canada.
