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In Canada, both situations are just symptoms of the same underlying problem: the various public health care systems in Canada are quite inefficient, including w
by VancouverMan 4y ago
In Canada, both situations are just symptoms of the same underlying problem: the various public health care systems in Canada are quite inefficient, including when it comes to the allocation of resources.
This should be expected, though, since socialist systems tend to remove, or lack, the balancing factors that can encourage improved efficiency.
There is little incentive for Canadian medical practitioners to do better. The artificially restrictive and anti-competitive nature of these health care ecosystems, from education, to funding, to providing service, helps ensure that the situation doesn't improve over time.
- civilized 4y agoThat's interesting. I've seen a table that said Canada's health system has the among the lowest percent admin overhead of any developed country, so I had the impression it was relatively efficient.
- inglor_cz 4y agoAdministration costs are just one of many possible inefficiencies. Choosing what to spend on is a very different can of worms. You can be very efficient in building bridges, but if you choose to build bridges to nowhere, the entire system is far from efficient.
- civilized 4y agoSure, but what specifically? Do they have bad doctors? Do they test your reflexes too many times, time which would be better spent looking in the ears? What is actually happening that's a waste of time?
- inglor_cz 4y agoI don't know anything specific about Canada. In Czechia, doctors tend to complain about too many papers that have to be filled in for the insurance system to be happy, taking a lot of their time.