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Knut · 06-26-2019, 03:24 PM

I have long thought that it is time for a second tier option to come in.

We have private Imaging already and some private surgeries (Cataracts for instance).

Last year 64,000 Canadians (including my wife) went South at great expense to help get answers. In our case there was a work up needed that required 3-4 different specialists. We were able to get all the testing done in one week, at the Mayo. While we did not get a definitive diagnosis is narrowed the search greatly.

There is nothing in Alberta that allows you to go see in an internal medicine doctor, get appointments within two weeks with Neurology, Gastroenterology, Metabolics, Infectious disease and Rheumatology and have those specialties communicate with each other about a possible diagnosis. Imaging, lab work etc could all be done too.

Two tier is the only way to go IMO. You make it so that each doctor must work a certain percentage in Public (lets say 70%) and a certain percentage in private (lets say 30%).

Create private hip replacement clinics. Knee replacement clinics etc.

Also, open it for Private insurance to pay for visits to these private clinics. Someone on Disability insurance could get a procedure done right away, rehabbed proper and be back to work long before having to wait two years for a hip replacement.

06-26-2019, 03:24 PM	#22
Knut Join Date: Oct 2002 Exp:	I have long thought that it is time for a second tier option to come in. We have private Imaging already and some private surgeries (Cataracts for instance). Last year 64,000 Canadians (including my wife) went South at great expense to help get answers. In our case there was a work up needed that required 3-4 different specialists. We were able to get all the testing done in one week, at the Mayo. While we did not get a definitive diagnosis is narrowed the search greatly. There is nothing in Alberta that allows you to go see in an internal medicine doctor, get appointments within two weeks with Neurology, Gastroenterology, Metabolics, Infectious disease and Rheumatology and have those specialties communicate with each other about a possible diagnosis. Imaging, lab work etc could all be done too. Two tier is the only way to go IMO. You make it so that each doctor must work a certain percentage in Public (lets say 70%) and a certain percentage in private (lets say 30%). Create private hip replacement clinics. Knee replacement clinics etc. Also, open it for Private insurance to pay for visits to these private clinics. Someone on Disability insurance could get a procedure done right away, rehabbed proper and be back to work long before having to wait two years for a hip replacement.