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Originally Posted by calgarygeologist
I'm probably too idealistic but for quite a long time I have thought that public and private can work alongside each other up here. People that can afford private treatment or services already travel to places across the US, Mexico or internationally so why not keep them here and keep those dollars in the economy. Maybe a private structure can even attract some more doctors who see it as a good opportunity so that our public system is not always so stressed. It could even be an opportunity for health tourism dollars to increase in our economy. I understand there are also a lot of concerns and fears though and reality can be quite different from an ideal situation.
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I am not going to pretend to be a medical economist, but I would be fine with there being a hybrid system, so long as public health care was fully funded, and no one was exempt from paying into it, meaning that folks who wanted private healthcare would pay on top of the taxes they were already paying to get care more quickly.
However, I don't think that would ever happen. Any implementation of a private system will be a decision inspired by money. Either folks thinking they will save money, or folks thinking that they will make money. My own assumption is only the latter will be true.