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Seniors have trouble getting specialized health services: StatCan

A new Statistics Canada report says half a million seniors are having trouble getting specialized care.

StatCan estimated more than 4.5 million people 65 and older visited medical specialists, got non-emergency tests or had non-emergency surgeries in 2019 and 2020.

More than 15 per cent of the seniors reported having difficulty...