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Is changing a Quebecer’s bandage very different from changing a Manitoban’s?

Au Royaume-Uni, en Suède et en Australie, pour ne nommer que quelques exemples, un marché existe pour une assurance médicale dite duplicative, qui donne un accès aux options de traitement privé, même si ces traitements sont couverts par le système gouvernemental.

Allowing insurers to offer so-called duplicate health insurance policies to their Quebec clients would help reduce wait times, according to this new study published by the Montreal Economic Institute.

Il n’est pas étonnant que trois Québécois sur quatre se disent ouverts à l’idée d’expérimenter des systèmes mixtes, tels qu’on les voit en France et en Suède.