[2. Losing Canada's public healthcare frightens most Canadians, even the conservative voters. For the past few years, more people have been turning to the NDP to preserve a completely free Medicare system. The strict idea that healthcare must be free for all, without any cost, seems to supercede the rationale that has proven that a 100% public healthcare system, that is expected to run efficiently, cannot possibly sustain itself much longer. Canadians seem to be so frightened that they will lose their free coverage, that they seem to completely disregard the facts. The facts are simple: public healthcare, the way it is now, is not efficient. Billions of dollars worth of taxpayer's money is spent year after year trying to sustain a public sector that is failing its patients. The cost to support a 100% free healthcare plan for all Canadians is staggering. If the current system doesn't bankrupt our country, it will implode further, and face the potential of being lost entirely. A two tier system has proven to maintain levels of public healthcare, while still preserving astounding levels of healthcare for low income families. Furthermore, allowing those who can afford it, to pay private sectors for their own surgeries and treatments, would free space on public waiting lists for those who cannot afford their own treatment.
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Ok lets just say for arguments sake you are right lets go with your 2 tier system and then lets reap the benifits of that like for instance 10,000.00 in insurance premiums per year. Name a ordinary family that can afford that and also if you get cancer or anything like that once you have reached your health care cap you are S.O.L. so then I guess waiting times don't mean very much then do they. We need our public health care system that provides health care for all. There are however things we can do like stop using our emergency rooms for non emergencies. That would save millions of dollars and perhaps billions.
I am sending a url which clearly states the cost of medical insurance in the USA
http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2004-03-16-healthcost_x.htm