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Originally Posted by Fire
I'm not sure why people are so scared to add more privatization to the health care system. I think it's mostly people being indoctrinated into the belief that anything but a 100% public system is a heartless system.
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Know why costs are so high for things in Alberta? Competition from a hot private sector. A parallel private system would put a ton of pressure on the public system. Instead of reducing costs it could easily increase them (depending on how much competition we are already subject to - there's pressure from other jurisdictions already).
Letting people jump the queue within the public system if they pay in extra I could see being workable - you could reinvest that money into the public system such there is no net loss to the general public, or even a net gain.
And yeah, a greater emphasis on primary care would be a good idea as far I can tell.