SAVE PUBLIC HEALTHCARE IN CANADA
In this election and ever election since the creation of universal healthcare, the issue of medicare is on the table. The four major political parties would have you believe that the current system of medicare just need more money to solve all are healthcare woes, which is like putting a band aid on, to fix a gun shot wound when the system needs a major overhaul. An overhaul is needed because throwing money at it won't fix the problem ( sorry Romanow ). The Fraser institute estimates that 7 out of 10 provinces will be broke in the year 2055 because of the current system. The current system of medicare is unsustainable and violates the Canada health acts right to equal access. The reason it worked up until now is the rising cost of new equipment, ageing population and doctors leaving for the states are causing a strain on medicare. Medicare needs reform.
Solutions to these Canadian healthcare problems are to, aloud more private healthcare services to exist by funding them through public funds to get them started, end the public monopoly on the healthcare and aloud Canadians to choose private insurance. These solutions will create competion between the public and private system which will reduce cost by making the public system afraid of government cut backs if more people use private services and making the private system is afraid of losing profits if more people use public services which make a win win situation for all Canadians. It will reduce wait times because you won't have to put up with one system and gives higher saladies to doctors which gives more of an incentives to stay in Canada. These reforms have work in countries like Sweden which had the same healthcare system and the same problems that Canada is having now and fix them but letting private investment in.
The two things stopping Canada form reforming medicare are public administrators who lack the political will to change anything and unions in the healthcare field are dead set against these reforms because they like a public monopoly on healthcare, gives them political power and a lot money in union dues, which is drained out of the healthcare system. These special interest groups are saying their looking out for you by defending the current system of medicare but their only looking out for themselves. Should they tell you whats in your best interest in terms of healthcare?
In closing these reforms are needed, aloud choice in healthcare for all Canadians and will save public healthcare in Canada if used.
-Roy Romanow is the author of Romanow report on national healthcare in 2003.
Solutions to these Canadian healthcare problems are to, aloud more private healthcare services to exist by funding them through public funds to get them started, end the public monopoly on the healthcare and aloud Canadians to choose private insurance. These solutions will create competion between the public and private system which will reduce cost by making the public system afraid of government cut backs if more people use private services and making the private system is afraid of losing profits if more people use public services which make a win win situation for all Canadians. It will reduce wait times because you won't have to put up with one system and gives higher saladies to doctors which gives more of an incentives to stay in Canada. These reforms have work in countries like Sweden which had the same healthcare system and the same problems that Canada is having now and fix them but letting private investment in.
The two things stopping Canada form reforming medicare are public administrators who lack the political will to change anything and unions in the healthcare field are dead set against these reforms because they like a public monopoly on healthcare, gives them political power and a lot money in union dues, which is drained out of the healthcare system. These special interest groups are saying their looking out for you by defending the current system of medicare but their only looking out for themselves. Should they tell you whats in your best interest in terms of healthcare?
In closing these reforms are needed, aloud choice in healthcare for all Canadians and will save public healthcare in Canada if used.
-Roy Romanow is the author of Romanow report on national healthcare in 2003.
2 Comments:
So you know, I'm reading your political comments but since I agree with most of your comments I don't feel I have much to add to the discussion.
I just found out that I was wrong about MSA's they don't work, so omitt the last part.
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