I would like to see small pilot projects in different parts of Alberta that tests two systems - single-payer, private delivery healthcare, and the other does full public, extra funding, beefed up classic Canadian model. The purpose of this would be to see how these results would work in an Albertan context, and whether each of them (or neither of them) are sustainable.
Then, on completion, assess the benefits and the negatives, and try and put a system together that capitalizes on the good parts and adjusts the not-so-good parts.
Both pilots would be developed by neutral healthcare professionals and with input from economists, scientists, and the community for local specifications. Scientific methods would be at the absolute heart of both pilots.
I don't trust the UCP to actually execute a project properly (pilot projects are crucial to projects in my industry to determine if something can scale), but I think with ample funds to conduct both, it would be interesting to see.
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