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Originally Posted by Fuzz
A very few minutes of research would have told you this won't work, and it makes the public system worse. You have made a choice that will make my life worse. I've already waited 2 years for a referral(with a year to go!). If we had private care, that doctor(who also does private plastic surgery) would not be available to the public system at all, and the few doctors left would be even more stretched.
Your past choices of voting for a party that has managed to do what they have to healthcare, in, as you describe, a resource rich province, is open to critique. You are continuing to do the same, for the sake of lower business taxes(despite Notley campaigning on the lowest business taxes in Canada). I find this incredibly baffling as a priority, and maybe one day you'll get to experience what I have over the last 14. It has not been good, and because you are a part of that, I think it's fair enough to hold you to account on your vote for basing it on false premises.
I know Conservatives tend not to be compassionate about the suffering their choices leave on others, so I expect a lot of "I can make up my own mind" which, sure you can. But your choices affect everyone.
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I live in a system with two tier health that is not the US. If you have some links can you please put them forward as I'm curious to see some data on the topic, especially for chronic disease.
Anecdotally the public system is fast and efficient here and delivers better care than what I experienced in Calgary when I lived there. Private health care costs a family for the top level $500/mo, and basic hospital cover for an individual is $100 / mo. You do have out of pocket costs to see a GP ($60 for telehealth and $80 for in person). After the initial cost the GP will bulk bill you (no out of pocket costs anymore) and there are refund codes under the public system that you submit your receipts into the app and get your refund direct to your bank account.
There is a reduction in taxes with health insurance to encourage those with means to hold private insurance and it's basically a 1 for 1 trade off until you get to the top brackets.
The cool thing that happens with a private system is that you have research, biotech and pharma sectors that pop up for investment and jobs.
As for doctors not being available, I always thought the two tier system encouraged more doctors. The stats here show that we have 4.1 physicians per 1000, to 2.4 physicians per 1000 for Canada, so there is some support for two tier creating more opportunities for smart people to enter the field.