COVID-19 Has Made the Ban on Private Health Insurance Even More Unconscionable

A patient is brought to the emergency department at the Verdun Hospital in Montreal on May 14, 2020. The Canadian Press/Ryan Remiorz

Commentary

More than 70,000 surgeries were cancelled in Ontario to accommodate a surge of COVID-19 patients who never materialized. As of May, an estimated 30 to 35 Ontarians had died from missed cardiac surgeries as a result of the delayed procedures.