Private health clinics coming soon to Canada? About time.

All eyes on the decision to be handed out later this year

.....Hoping to capitalize on patients who might otherwise travel to the U.S. for speedier healthcare, a network of technically illegal private clinics and surgical centers has sprung up in British Columbia, echoing a trend in Quebec. In October, the courts will be asked to decide whether the budding system should be sanctioned.

More than 70 private health providers in British Columbia now schedule simple surgeries and tests like MRIs with waits as short as a week or two, compared with the months it takes for a public surgical suite to become available for nonessential operations......