Our health care system is in a fairly dire state right now.
Patient waits are too long at ERs, there are not enough doctors, nurses, nor nurse practitioners in hospitals, there are not enough family doctors, and on top of that, we have a population that is both growing and aging. We need more of everything, and we needed it five years ago – if not sooner.
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