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Canada did. It's not that far-fetched.

• bdamm 8y ago
  That's a stretch. There are still a lot of private clinics operating in Canada for various grey-area medical needs. Also, Canadian (really, provincial) healthcare doesn't typically cover dental, and there's a massive grey area in rehab and injury recovery where private clinics abound. Certainly it is true, I agree, that emergency hospitals and ambulances are public-option only.
  • ncallaway 8y ago
    That's fair, and this is I suppose more what I meant. My original statement might have been more accurate had I said "fully eliminate private care and private insurance". Certainly with medicare for all both of those would be drastically reduced. With the medicaid buy-in they would both be moderately reduced. I still think private care and private insurance will exist under both models, but like you said, they may be different in terms of what they cover.
  • refurb 8y ago
    Doctors in Canada have to choose to participate in either the public system or private system. They can’t straddle both. Hence there are VERY few private clinics in Canada except for services where the govt realized it was in their benefit to allow it (MRIs).
    • ceejayoz 8y ago
      That sounds like the market for private care isn't really as big as is often claimed, then.
      • refurb 8y ago
        Based on the success of private MRI clinics, I would say the demand is quite high for selective procedures. Either procedures that are relatively cheap but have very long wait times or procedures where patients are willing to pony up for expertise (joint surgery).