I don't claim to be an expert on the definitions on 'private' vs 'public' health care. But I know that this is one of those issues that come up when people talk about being afraid of 'US style private healthcare'....we already have lots of private clinics and things that work nicely as part of our health system. And in many cases our government care is funding whatever it normally would, but at a private clinic instead of a public one.
Is it only considered private if they get absolutely no public funding? I know if I am in the states and get sick, that AHC still pays at leats some of what you would get if you got sick at home. What about private MRI clinics? Does AHC refuse to pay any of it, even the costs that they would otherwise be paying?
I gueess it comes down to the definition, like I said. But the RFP is certainly a privately owned clinic, that is not reliant on the public health system.
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