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

For many Canadians, paying a small fee for health care seems unreasonable, but the logic is simple.

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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.

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