Manitoba

Manitobans push province to cover surgery costs

Andy Maxwell would still be suffering like thousands of other Manitobans if he hadn’t gone out of province — and paid out of his own pocket — for two separate surgeries.
Andy Maxwell, 72, is a Winnipeg man who travelled out of province for two hip replacement surgeries due to the current backlog. (Daniel Crump/Winnipeg Free Press)

Andy Maxwell would still be suffering like thousands of other Manitobans if he hadn't gone out of province — and paid out of his own pocket — for two separate surgeries.

And he's furious the province won't reimburse him for his full costs, especially since it couldn't provide the surgeries itself.

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