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Originally Posted by Nehkara
Two tier system is an idiotic idea. It would completely cripple the public system because the private system would attract all of the best doctors. The introduction of the private system could also up the costs of the public system because private could pay more for employees, forcing the pubkic system to either suffice with substandard employees or match. Terrible, terrible idea. Anyone who thinks that a private or two-tier system are the way to go is just not well informed.
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Sorry Nehkara, I'm very well informed and I disagree with you. Cal-Gal has very articulately identified the true ignorance I hear all the time. Everybody is so quick to automatically assume that you give an inch and suddenly doctors take a mile and health care is suddenly run by mercenary doctors for hire. The fallacy of the slippery slope.
What people should really be discussing is the
DEGREES of privatization, not this all or nothing mentality. Aspects of privatization are already here amongst us - "elective" vs. necessary surgical procedures, private MRI's/CT's....etc - so you are already seeing it in action. The public and private systems can coexist, provided there is some proper regulation. If you fear losing the best doctors to the private side, put a limit on their abilities to bill privately, or require a quota of public billing. Here you are providing some incentive to work extra, in addition to maintaing the public side. This is a better alternative than losing them all together to the US.
And to the guy (unabomber) whining about his doctor, he's not your secretary. He's probably doing the public more of a service treating 5 patients with real medical problems, rather than using that time to sort out the problems of the RGH patient records office (completely seperate from his own office). Not to mention he's only obligated to refer you to a vascular surgeon, not to set you up with the previous one, in the nicest hospital in town, as soon as possible for some surgery you might need in 5-6 years. Again, as per previous forum discussions, this overwhelming sense of entitlement some people have is a huge reason why public health care is in a crisis. You are part of the problem, get over yourself!!!
And your comment about not being able to launch a complaint? You're either completely ignorant or lying for the sake of sensationalism. Complaints are very easily made through our professional group - the college of physicians and surgeons - and taken very serious, leading to disciplinary action if warrented. Here, i'll even give you the link which took me 2 seconds to find on google:
http://www.cpsa.ab.ca/complaints/complaintprocess.asp
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