Letter: Medicare for All is a bad idea

In response to the May 6 commentary from Christine Helfrich.Medicare for All is wrong, for the following reasons:The shortage of doctors in the next 20 years is expected to be 125,000.Canadians have to wait to see a specialist more than nine months on average, and they wind up going to the US to have their surgery performed.There will be long waiting lists to see a specialist. Seniors will not get treatment because younger patients will also be on these waiting lists.The government will set comp