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Our hospitals are not for-profit here in Canada, but they still have clusterfucked emergency rooms. (In some places, probably worse.) There's always some kind
by cmrdporcupine 2y ago
Our hospitals are not for-profit here in Canada, but they still have clusterfucked emergency rooms. (In some places, probably worse.)
There's always some kind of rationing of the limited resource. There it's based in large part on you or your insurance's ability to pay. Here it's based on how much the government/taxpayer is willing to shell out.
- quacked 2y agoCanada has also experienced record rates of recent population growth, so even at historically normal building levels (which are artificially suppressed) there would be a lag time between demand and availability.
- cmrdporcupine 2y agoNah, this is a problem going back to the early 90s, when governments got the neo-liberal austerity thing going. Especially the huge mid-90s cuts to federal health and social transfers to the provinces, by the federal Liberal gov't under Jean Chretien. Health care is the biggest portion of every provincial gov't budget, and always a point of contention.
- bruce511 2y agoThe priorities of govt are always the priorities of the electorate. At least until the next election. If one party gets elected on the promise of lower taxes and lower spending, then the people cannot complain when there is lower spending. If the spending gets too low, and health, education, housing, and infrastructure start creaking, well, who's to blame for that?