Every Canadian relies on the healthcare system, but today, it is failing the people it was built to protect.
In Dying for Care, physician and health economist Dr. Braden Manns confronts the growing crisis in Canada's healthcare system and offers a clear path forward. Each year, nearly 80,000 Canadians die from causes that better healthcare, prevention, and coordination could have avoided. Millions cannot find a family doctor, emergency rooms are overwhelmed, and patients face wildly unequal wait times for the same procedures. As the population ages and chronic disease rises, this strain is only intensifying.
Drawing on decades of experience as a frontline doctor and health system leader, Manns examines the root causes behind these failures, identifying seven signs of systemic dysfunction undermining care across the country. Through compelling patient stories, expert interviews, and rigorous evidence, he explains how the system went wrong and what can be done to fix it, offering practical reforms that could restore access, efficiency, and trust in Canadian healthcare.
