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Well, the Western provinces are very Conservative and don't want to properly fund their health care system. It saves them money on taxes, at the cost of their h
by mabbo 9y ago
Well, the Western provinces are very Conservative and don't want to properly fund their health care system. It saves them money on taxes, at the cost of their health. It's a choice they make.
If you ask me, their governments do this so that they can argue "See? this is broken! We need to privatize!"
- mistermann 9y agoAre you pointing this out as a vulnerability of the public model?
- mabbo 9y agoOh, definitely. It's probably it's biggest catch- you have to have a people who want to pay the taxes needed to fund it, knowing that in the long run they'll save money. But that requires long term thinking, which we're bad at as a species...
- mistermann 9y agoThis article suggests spending is fairly uniform across provinces, with the west not really standing out as spending less, Alberta being even higher, and I know there are long wait times in Alberta. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/conference-board-of-canada-alberta-health-care-spending-deficit-1.3645646 http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/conference-board-of-ca... So money seems not to be the problem. I'm pro-single-payer, but I also have a very large philosophical problem with the fact that people who would like to choose to spend their discretionary income on extra/better/faster healthcare are not allowed to. If I've worked my ass off my whole life, I don't think I should have to wait in line behind someone who sat on the couch eating chips their whole life. I'm happy to pay his bill, just don't make me wait in line behind him. There should be additional resources for those of us willing to spend additional money.