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Originally Posted by flamesfever
At least having a two tier system accomplishes two things:
1. It makes the rich pay more
2. It takes some of the pressure off the system.
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Nope. What you need to remember is that the system - public or private - pulls from the same pool of resources, which is, qualified individuals who can perform healthcare services. Pulling from one takes away from the other. And in a public model, sufficient funding, combined with continuous improvement, can be a model for most, if not all Canadians.
And this quagmire exists with all public/private resourcing debates, which is something people often forget when they say things like "small government" or "fire the taxpayer-paid employees". The public sector needs to compete with the private for the same finite resources.
And while there are plenty of physicians who will provide services to the rich (including non-essential services), there are just as many - if not more - that feel a sense of duty to the general public and whom view healthcare as a right for everyone on equal footing. Which is to say, the Hippocratic Oath is not something taken lightly by doctors across the country.