[Senator Clay Davis]

So since I think we're all going to agree to disagree on tolerance and all that stuff, I have something I'd like to know, and I guess I'm directing this at the Wildrose folk (First_Lady perhaps?) since they no doubt are better versed on their policies than I am.

How does the wait time guarentee work? If the wait time isn't met, and private hospitals and clinics have to be used (in province or out), how does the payment for services outside the public health system work? Does the government pay for the entire operation in the private hospital/clinic? Do they simply give a voucher for the equivalent amount the operation would cost in the public system?

My concern in either case is of course is that when you bring private into the health care equation, profit also enters to equation. So obviously they have no reason to offer these procedures at the public health rate. Meaning either the government will pay more for health care (and our taxes rise no doubt), or patients have to come up with the difference between the cost and the theoritical voucher value, making it highly unlikely they will choose the more expensive option and thus not actually helping with wait times at all. Just curious how it all works really.