🇨🇦 “Free” but Failing?

  • 🇨🇦 “Free” but Failing?

    Posted by IMA-HelenT on October 14, 2025 at 10:35 am EDT

    What Canada’s Health System Isn’t Telling Us

    Wait-times stretching past safe limits, family-doctor deserts, and therapy choices nixed by provincial formularies: Canada’s once-envied system is creaking.

    At the 2025 WeUNIFY Conference in Calgary, three IMA physicians, Dr. Joseph Varon, Dr. Kristina Carman, and Dr. Paul Marik spelled out why:

    • Centralised gatekeeping blocks repurposed or integrative treatments that cost pennies.

    • One-size-fits-all guidelines leave long-COVID, Lyme, and vaccine-injured patients with nowhere to turn.

    • Political capture of licensing bodies means doctors risk discipline for personalised care.

    (I’ve dropped the full 40-min panel video in the first comment.)

    I wonder if integrative clinics stand a chance in Canada, or will innovators keep bailing to the U.S. and Mexico?

    IMA-HelenT replied 1 day, 2 hours ago 1 Member · 1 Reply
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