More and more, however, Albertans are bypassing the publicly funded health-care system and they are not just the stereotypical “rich,” who fly to the United States whenever for whatever. Many are just average Albertans (Martha and Henry, as former premier Ralph Klein liked to refer to them), who choose to spend their money on their health instead of waiting and waiting to be treated here in Canada. 
When Professor Jarman projected the figures forward to 2012, the hospital death rates in all seven countries had improved - England's faster than some. However, it is still among the worst and has death rates 45 per cent higher than the leading country, which is America.
A Canadian study released Wednesday found that many provinces in our neighbor to the North have seen patients fleeing the country and opting for medical treatment in the United States. The nonpartisan Fraser Institute reported that 46,159 Canadians sought medical treatment outside of Canada in 2011, as wait times increased 104 percent — more than double — compared with statistics from 1993...
As many as 2.8 percent of Canadians were waiting for treatment at any given time, according to the Institute. “In some cases, these patients needed to leave Canada due to a lack of available resources or a lack of appropriate procedure/technology,” according to the Institute. “In others, their departure will have been driven by a desire to return more quickly to their lives, to seek out superior quality care, or perhaps to save their own lives or avoid the risk of disability."
Healthcare
His private jet left the US for the overnight flight at 2011 GMT on Thursday. In a salute to a long-standing ally, the Pentagon sent two F-16 fighters to escort the king's plane out of the country.
Healthcare
A rare set of identical quadruplets were born this week to a Calgary woman after she was sent to give birth in Montana because of a shortage of neonatal beds in Canada.
Socialism, Healthcare
Faced with long waiting lists for cancer treatment, the government of Quebec province, Canada, plans to send patients to the United States
Socialism, Healthcare
Concern about waiting lists for elective procedures has become a highly visible challenge to the universal health insurance program in Canada. In response to lengthening queues for patients waiting for cardiac surgery, British Columbia made contracts with four Seattle hospitals to send a total of 200 patients for coronary artery bypass surgery.
Healthcare
Former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi underwent successful heart surgery at the Cleveland Clinic heart center in Ohio.
"I would've been criticized if I had stayed in Canada and had been perceived as jumping a line or a wait list .… I accept that. That's public life," he said. "(But) this is not a unique phenomenon to me. This is something that happens with lots of families throughout this country, so I make no apologies for that."
Healthcare
OTTAWA–Belinda Stronach, the MP for Newmarket-Aurora and former cabinet minister, travelled outside Canada's health-care system to California for some of her breast cancer treatment earlier this year.
Politics, Socialism, Healthcare
An unapologetic Danny Williams says he was aware his trip to the United States for heart surgery earlier this month would spark outcry, but he concluded his personal health trumped any public fallout over the decision.
Healthcare
King Hussein underwent six months of treatment at the Rochester, Minnesota clinic for non-Hodgkins lymphoma.
Healthcare
Saudi Arabian King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz left for the U.S. today for medical treatment, raising the issue of succession in the world’s largest oil exporter.
Government, Incompetence, Oops, Socialism, Healthcare
A Canadian study released Wednesday found that many provinces in our neighbor to the North have seen patients fleeing the country and opting for medical treatment in the United States. The nonpartisan Fraser Institute reported that 46,159 Canadians sought medical treatment outside of Canada in 2011, as wait times increased 104 percent — more than double — compared with statistics from 1993... As many as 2.8 percent of Canadians were waiting for treatment at any given time, according to the Institute. “In some cases, these patients needed to leave Canada due to a lack of available resources or a lack of appropriate procedure/technology,” according to the Institute. “In others, their departure will have been driven by a desire to return more quickly to their lives, to seek out superior quality care, or perhaps to save their own lives or avoid the risk of disability."