How much have you paid for private health care?
- Waterloo Region Health Coalition
- Nov 27
- 1 min read
Ontario Today with Amanda Pfeffer
Nov. 26, 2025
The move by Alberta has raised a debate across Canada about whether the expansion of private options can fix long delays and wait lists. Here in Ontario, we’ve seen a growing number of private options even for primary care including subscription-based access to nurse practitioners and private clinics. There are online primary care options through sites like Maple.
In a bid to take on long surgery waitlists in hospitals, the Ford government has been expanding publicly funded private outpatient clinics here in Ontario for cataract surgery, diagnostic testing and eventually knee and hip replacements.
