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Originally Posted by darklord700
The point is not whether private is more efficient than public sector but accountability. Public sector has little accountability, their employees can take multiple smoke and coffee breaks, 20 sick days a year and strike when they want to. When all else fails, the government can always raise taxes to pay for all the inefficiency. Private companies in a competitive market don't have the luxury to raise prices at will.
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So what's you're saying is the invisible hand of the free market will ensure that a profit-motivated* company will provide the best service for the lowest price to win business from its competitors, right? Since the American healthcare model is built on private insurance providers competing with each other, it should naturally be more efficient than Canada's government-run single-payer system, then?
Why don't you Google some research studies that have been conducted comparing the costs of medical care in the US versus Canada and the associated health outcomes of patients with the same condition on either side of the border. You might be surprised by the results.
*I'm not a communist hippy and I don't use that term in a pejorative sense; there's nothing wrong with making an honest buck.