Loading ...FINALLY ( some) CANADIANS ARE ASKING THE QUESTION !
For most of my life ( 72.5 years) I have lived in a system that all Canadians have taken for granted
ALL Citizens and residents of Canada have access to ( AND ONLY TO) Free health care…ALOPATHIC MEDICINE ONLY.
In essence all Allopathic medicine healthcare workers are Employees of the Government .
Doctors are not directly employed by the Gov’t but their fees are strictly Controlled and are all paid by the Government
There was a short time in Ontario in maybe the 80s when Doctors were allowed to set their own fees BUT if any one of them dared to do so …the patients would RUN to those who do not charge over and above what the Gov’t would pay
I remember my Doctor ( a friend ) decided to ask for a couple dollars more than the “scale” for office visits…I loved it because when I made an appointment …There was NO wait
it happened immediately…His practice emptied out !
He abandoned the Idea and wait times increased again
Bottom line WE Canadians on balance are spoiled by the Universal Healthcare system …NO Pay for anything !
To be honest the System in Ontario ,at least, has been GREAT…it really has always worked well as far as I am concerned. Of course thats why we have much higher taxes here than in USA…but nobody complains…and everybody just take free Medicine for granted
NOTE this only applies to Allopathic medicine
Chiropractors and naturopaths and Massage Therapists and Dentists and Optometrists are still largely “Private” although the Gov’t pays maybe a small % of the fees.
Anyhow this is a long introduction to this excellent piece from Spencer Fernando
It is very timely as Post Covid the System has completely Failed
Doctors are still mostly diagnosing and treating patients by telephone
Hospital Emergency Wards are turning people away
HCW are burning out and quitting or cutting back and are out more than in quarantining with covid repeatedly
EMS is struggling to respond in a timely manner ( they were great )
So…Spencer is saying Now is the time to talk about allowing Private Health Care again.
Problem is as I see it…The Libtards ( Most Canadians) will scream bloody murder..
A two tiered health care system..one for the rich and one for the poor ?
Not easily done in Communist Turdistan….BUT they fail to understand…with a portion of the population OUT of the Gov’t Sponsered health care system …everybody will have better and more available care.
The age old battle Communism * Collectivism) vs Free Market Capitalism . This guy is GOOD
TELUS has been stealing talent away
“Virtual consultations with Physicians are available for all residents of British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario, and Saskatchewan, in addition to employees covered under TELUS Health MyCare Business.
Residents in these provinces who are covered under provincial healthcare plans can access virtual consultations at no direct cost (you will not be billed after your consultation), but this may be subject to change.
Alternatively, patients without provincial health insurance in these provinces can access virtual consultations for $70 per physician consultation.”
https://www.telus.com/en/personal-health/my-care
Interesting HR…i had no idea…BUT…Telemedicine is BULLSHIT
Remember those rubber gloves up you 5 hole and that cold thing called a stethoscope ?
Texture of that lump
sheesh
I’d give it a try myself as our family doctor is a quack and it is impossible to find another in this town. Women can get more access to female docs as well. I see it as a good movement. Choice. Quite possible that the Dr. would/could do an easy follow up call to the patient. My buddy who resides in Mexico uses a pay for service doctor down there. He tells me it is fantastic and the Dr gives him his private cell phone # if issues arise and there have been times when the Dr has called him to check on his status. Yes, hands on needed for certain pains but follow up conversations regarding new pills and mental issues can be done efficiently via the face time app.
That sounds Right !
My Dad was a family doctor and practiced for a few years before medicare was adopted. He told me the only problem with the old system was that all doctors would have a few unpaid bills that they wrote off every year for patients who never paid them. With government billing he said they were told, you will never have an unpaid bill. Apart from that minor irritation he told me, medicare didn’t have any benefit.
I like the idea that no one will ever be denied medical care because of their financial state but I think there are probably better ways to achieve that than government involvement. There are limits to how many social ills can be solved though government involvement. Medicine and education are too important to leave to the government, an organization that is only good at establishing rules (making laws) and is much too alienated from the real world to provide social services.