On the same day that Klein "threw in the towel" for same-sex marriage, the Ab Govt.has passed legistlation allowing "private health care" as an option alongside the public system
What we need to watch for is any signs that the public system is being weakened ON PURPOSE , to make the private system more 'attractive'.
[ Its been happening for awhile now...]
The Friends of Klein [any corporation with an investment proposal] are happy with today's health care announcment.
However, the citzens might worry about:
- any complications at the private centres will be mean taking the patient to the public hospitals where the public system will pay for fixing it up.
- Doctors and staff leaving the public system, or possibly 'told' to leave in any number of ways, to create problems with public services and to give the private system more employees to choose from.
- lower wages for support and nursing staff at the private facilities. Interesting the the Doctors will get MORE money by working in the private facilities, but the underlings will get less than before. Elitism at work; you will 'want to be them' or be left out.
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just a few quotes about the saga of introducing private health care in Alberta:
Alberta's Minister of Health Halvar Jonson states:
"But the government was NOT trying to pave the way for private health care — just the opposite in fact!"
Alberta Health spokesperson Mr. Garth Norris. Norris stated:
"Bill 37 is not about giving the Minister of Health the power to approve private, for profit hospitals in the province ..."
What we need to watch for is any signs that the public system is being weakened ON PURPOSE , to make the private system more 'attractive'.
[ Its been happening for awhile now...]
The Friends of Klein [any corporation with an investment proposal] are happy with today's health care announcment.
However, the citzens might worry about:
- any complications at the private centres will be mean taking the patient to the public hospitals where the public system will pay for fixing it up.
- Doctors and staff leaving the public system, or possibly 'told' to leave in any number of ways, to create problems with public services and to give the private system more employees to choose from.
- lower wages for support and nursing staff at the private facilities. Interesting the the Doctors will get MORE money by working in the private facilities, but the underlings will get less than before. Elitism at work; you will 'want to be them' or be left out.
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just a few quotes about the saga of introducing private health care in Alberta:
Alberta's Minister of Health Halvar Jonson states:
"But the government was NOT trying to pave the way for private health care — just the opposite in fact!"
Alberta Health spokesperson Mr. Garth Norris. Norris stated:
"Bill 37 is not about giving the Minister of Health the power to approve private, for profit hospitals in the province ..."