I believe it can work. If it isn't working or if there are issues, it's the fault of the bureaucracy that says it can't. There needs to be a balance.
Everyone's taxes whether they can afford their own health care or not, goes to pay for the public system. It's not funded by donations.
The political system is very different here in Canada. The funding our political parties receive from special interest groups and industries is very highly scrutinized.
The politicians that get elected--at least up here--are generally those who promise to do more with the health care dollars coming in--more research, hire more doctors, nurses, etc.
We already have two-tiered health care and the only reason it's not working as well as it should is because people aren't interested in making it work. I gave the example of a private MRI clinic and the public MRI clinic. This is an instance where it would work. There's also the example of those on the public system that are in a ward room in a hospital, while others with private insurance can get private or semi-private rooms.
The system is already there and working side-by-side with the public system. It's time to see how we can get them working more side-by-side to benefit the other, free up waiting lists for public access for those who have no choice but the publicly funded clinics.
Several European countries - France and Sweden are two that come to mind already have combined the public and private in their own special way.
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I believe it can work. If it isn't working or if there are issues, it's the fault of the bureaucracy that says it can't. There needs to be a balance.
Everyone's taxes whether they can afford their own health care or not, goes to pay for the public system. It's not funded by donations.
The political system is very different here in Canada. The funding our political parties receive from special interest groups and industries is very highly scrutinized.
The politicians that get elected--at least up here--are generally those who promise to do more with the health care dollars coming in--more research, hire more doctors, nurses, etc.
We already have two-tiered health care and the only reason it's not working as well as it should is because people aren't interested in making it work. I gave the example of a private MRI clinic and the public MRI clinic. This is an instance where it would work. There's also the example of those on the public system that are in a ward room in a hospital, while others with private insurance can get private or semi-private rooms.
The system is already there and working side-by-side with the public system. It's time to see how we can get them working more side-by-side to benefit the other, free up waiting lists for public access for those who have no choice but the publicly funded clinics.
Several European countries - France and Sweden are two that come to mind already have combined the public and private in their own special way.
It can work.
July 27, 2009 - 3:09pmThis Comment
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