The following article, by Henry L. Davis, was published in the July 29 edition of the Buffalo News:
After battling brain cancer, Lindsay McCreith (right) is ready for his next fight: He’s taking on the Canadian health care system.
His case has potential repercussions on both sides of the border as pressure grows for health reform.
It started when McCreith, a resident of Newmarket, north of Toronto, suffered a seizure last year. He was told in Canada he would have to wait more than four months for an MRI to rule out a malignant tumor.
Rather than wait, McCreith, 66, quickly arranged a trip to Buffalo for a scan. The MRI confirmed his worst fears — a cancerous growth that a Buffalo neurosurgeon removed a few weeks later.
“If I had been patient, I’d probably be disabled or dead today,” McCreith said.
Now, McCreith is suing the Ontario government in a closely watched constitutional challenge that could reshape universal health coverage in the province by striking down the prohibition against patients buying private insurance.
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