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Originally Posted by Azure
I realize that, which is why you need to add a balanced 'private' option. What is wrong with allowing doctors to commit 80% of their time to the public system, and 20% of their time to the private side?
I'm not exactly sure WHICH solution we should use, but I do know that the two-tier option is the best. We can still run a successful universal system even with private care.
And we need user fees. There is absolutely no doubt that people abuse the system. $10/visit.
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with regards to user fees, would CPers support a sliding scale for user fees. there are many chronically ill people who would simply not have the funds to pay user fees. the other concern with user fees, is that it may prevent people from seeing their family doctors for "simple" problems which in turn end up costing the system even more. i guess i'm curious, is there any literature to suggest that user fees make a difference?