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Originally Posted by Fuzz

For number 2, you are creating a punitive system for people with chronic illnesses that may discourage them from seeking help when needed. I don't want to live in a society where, just because someone needs more help than the rest of us, they have to pay more. I'm sure you could come up with a convoluted system to work around these issues, but I'm not really sure it is worth it. I'm sure if someone looked at the numbers for unnecessary doctor's office visits, and the cost of it, it wouldn't even show up as a line item on the provincial budget it would be so small. Feel free to prove me wrong on that though, I haven't looked at numbers.



I can't imagine many people pop into a doctor's office just for the hell of it. If they do, you have the family doctor deal with it. Now, if you want to prevent ER visits I'd be all for something to reduce those, but that would have to include 24/7 clinics as alternatives, since doctor's aren't typically available. We do actually have these with the PCN, but it's fairly limited for who can use them, as far as I understand.

Most who subscribe to a small user fee or deductible for doctor's visits also say that for chronic illnesses, the user fee or deductible is only paid once.