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Offline The Cynic

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Re: Canadian healthcare
« Reply #15 on: October 07, 2021, 12:23:26 pm »
Canadian healthcare kinda sucks, at least in my experience in multiple cities.  It's much faster to see a doctor at a walk-in clinic than to see a doctor when you go to the ER.  Think about that for a minute.  By faster I mean 30 mins to 1hr vs 4-6 hrs.

If you're going to have a universal system it means it's rationed, based on how much money is spend on it by the gov.  So if you're going to have a universal single-payer system, the gov has to fund it adequately.  If they don't it's a human rights issue.  Forcing people to have 1 option that is mediocre or at times garbage is cruel.

So fund our healthcare properly.  Stick your childcare and Canada Summer Jobs stuff up your anus and put that money into healthcare.

We spend a lot on healthcare, but much of it is not wisely spent nor well organized. The system needs a major revamp in light of today's circumstances of an aging population living longer.

Unfortunately, no one is going to make any changes aside from the Conservatives. Liberals think they invented universal health care, and so it is without flaws. In reality, the only reason Trudeau set it up this was was his man-crush on Fidel Castro. The NDP, meanwhile, think they invented the current system and it is an outgrowth of all good Socialists hatred of the profit motive. Of course, this is not the system Tommie Douglas came up with. His had user fees, just as a start. And I don't think the good comrades would approve that today. Neither party will do a thing, other than perhaps grudgingly put a little more money into it.

Not saying the Tories will make it better, just that they're the only ones who would ever consider major changes.