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Doesn't "universal access" in healthcare terms almost always mean access-if-you-pay-for-it? I.e. no longer universal and not serving lower classes? That's how
by cwkoss 5y ago
Doesn't "universal access" in healthcare terms almost always mean access-if-you-pay-for-it? I.e. no longer universal and not serving lower classes?
That's how the term is used in the US
- chrisfosterelli 5y agoHere he means universal healthcare. In Canada, private healthcare is de facto banned (details are complex but it's the effective outcome). The current CPC policy goal is to introduce private health care in addition to the public system, so that those with money can receive better care, but to maintain at least the bottom standard for everyone through the public system. At least that's the idea... it is controversial as the original tweet indicates and many believe it'd be a slippery slope or that it will drain talent + resources from the (already overstretched) public health system.