While many Canadians struggle to access health care, the Second Street think tank recently unearthed a surprising number of Canadians who had more than 100 doctor visits in a single year. This suggests that some frequent fliers consume many services, while others languish with reduced access or none at all.

To help better manage excess demand and avoid waste, the provinces should follow the lead of universal health-care countries worldwide and implement some form of cost-sharing for health-care services.

OPINION: Patient ‘cost-sharing’ reduces unnecessary visits and frees resources Back to video

For many Canadians, paying a small fee for health care seems unreasonable. But the logic is simple. Patients make more informed decisions about when and where to access the health-care system when........

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