Re: Canada's Health Care systme works better - no privatisin
With respect, it would make no business sense for the private operators to give service as you have indicated. To do this would simply decrease their business.
But you are not suggesting that our public hospitals are operating at a deficit, are you? If you are, and if they indeed are operating at a deficit, then our health care costs will continue to spiral out of control.
To be blunt, there are two things we cannot continue to do. The first is to continue to throw money at a problem, with the most money going to wages. For instance, during the last threatened nurses strike in Alberta, virtually the entire increase in budget went to wages, with nary a new bed opened. Secondly, we cannot continue to have longer and longer waiting lists. People are, if not dying in line, becoming sicker in line, which may ultimately lead to a quicker death. This all seems to be very stupid when there are other outlets available for use, if only we would get over the myth that privitization is a bad thing.
I also have another question. If the proponents of public only health care are positive this is the only way to go, why do they seem to see nothing wrong with denists, physiotherapists, diagnostic clinics, optomotrists, etc. Last time I checked the vast majority of these services were provided by private operators and no one has mentioned dirty sheets, or poor service. In fact, just the opposite, they have to provide good service or they will go out of business.
Tresson said:
With respect, it would make no business sense for the private operators to give service as you have indicated. To do this would simply decrease their business.
But you are not suggesting that our public hospitals are operating at a deficit, are you? If you are, and if they indeed are operating at a deficit, then our health care costs will continue to spiral out of control.
To be blunt, there are two things we cannot continue to do. The first is to continue to throw money at a problem, with the most money going to wages. For instance, during the last threatened nurses strike in Alberta, virtually the entire increase in budget went to wages, with nary a new bed opened. Secondly, we cannot continue to have longer and longer waiting lists. People are, if not dying in line, becoming sicker in line, which may ultimately lead to a quicker death. This all seems to be very stupid when there are other outlets available for use, if only we would get over the myth that privitization is a bad thing.
I also have another question. If the proponents of public only health care are positive this is the only way to go, why do they seem to see nothing wrong with denists, physiotherapists, diagnostic clinics, optomotrists, etc. Last time I checked the vast majority of these services were provided by private operators and no one has mentioned dirty sheets, or poor service. In fact, just the opposite, they have to provide good service or they will go out of business.