Universal healthcare means nothing when Canadians are waiting two days in an ER hallway for a bed.

New data shows 1.5 million Canadians spent more than 14 hours in an emergency room last year. - Ryan Williams Bay of Quinte

• 180,000 waited two days or longer after being admitted.
• Doctors estimate prolonged ER waits may have contributed to more than 2,000 preventable deaths.
• And still, every time this crisis gets raised, the same excuse comes back...