http://www.edmontonjournal.com/news/...270/story.html
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“The thickness of your wallet should not govern your access to medically necessary health services,... but that does not mean there aren’t people who are willing to pay for services themselves,” Mar said Tuesday.
“I don’t want to stand in the way between somebody who is willing to do that and a health service they feel that they need.”
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The question is: Is the money you save by having the wealthy take themselves out of the system enough to offset the increased costs the public system will incur competing for reasources with the private system? I think the US experience shows that it isn't.