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Originally Posted by Fuzz
Also, more senior care spaces, home care, and aging in place programs. A lot of the socialist countries have this stuff figured out. Keeping seniors in hospitals because there is nowhere for them to go has to be one of the dumbest most wasteful things we do. Who knows, now that the boomers will finally need this stuff I wouldn't be surprised if we start shovelling money their way.
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Which countries? Denmark, Sweden, and Norway all allow private health insurance to fund primary care. They also have 20-25 per cent sales tax.
I’d be all for changing the Canada Health Act to adopt Scandinavian policies around private health insurance. And I’d be okay with the federal government raising the GST to 10 per cent. But neither of those things will happen without ferocious political struggles at the federal level.