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Originally Posted by Azure
And I could say the idea of a two tier system is also impossible because of years of rhetoric from the left.
Maybe the government in charge should manage their funds properly, because right now I will not vote for anyone who increases taxes but has no plan to cut wasteful spending.
Spend, spend, spend is driving inflation as well which is also a long-term negative for the health care system, as the cost of medical supplies has skyrocketed.
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Years of
facts from the left.
There are a limited number of healthcare workers. If we remove some from the public system then rich people will get better care than people of lesser financial means. The only people who would want that are selfish. Not selfish in the colloquial sense where you'd kind of lob that as an insult, but selfish in the sober and objective definition of the word.
To think my health is more important and my ills can be addressed better and faster than someone with less money is an absolutely untenable stance to me. It's abhorrent.
Healthcare workers moving from the public sector to the private sector would make the public system even worse. People advocating for that are horrible people and terrible community members. Let's bolster the public system so it stays communal and fair.
The wealthy should be insentivised to put more money into public healthcare if they want better services. Private healthcare should be illegal. If you want better healthcare and don't mind paying more for it, then why wouldn't you advocate for higher taxes so healthcare is better for all? That's what I think we should do. I'm not going to walk by a waiting room of suffering people on my way to a VIP clinic where I get superior healthcare. I wouldn't want to live with myself if that was the type of guy I was. I would literally rather die than take away services from other people so they suffer because I paid a doctor to look at me first.
I'm also bothered when I read people in this thread supporting a two-tiered system based on their own ignorance. Pylon, you didn't fricken get a heart condition from a vaccine. Sorry, but you just didn't. You're not a scientist. You're a 50-year-old dude and you are going to encounter more and more health issues as you age (we all are). The vaccine is safe and there is all the evidence in the world to support that statement.
But somebody has to help me with this: how much are you guys in favour of a two-tiered system willing to pay per year to have better healthcare than your fellow Albertans? Like, if we can put a number on that and maybe figure out what it is as a percentage of your salary, maybe we get to a palatable number that could be considered as a tax increase for everyone to be put towards better healthcare for all. If it's 1‰ or 3‰...whatever it might be...let's do it. Let's pay more tax so we can all take care of each other.