MOOSE JAW, Sask. – A cardiology clinic in Saskatchewan, the birthplace of medicare, has opted out of the publicly funded heath-care system after it struggled to meet its costs under the province...
The long game … just by tiny incremental degrees, corporate and wealthy entities will slowly erode public health care to eventually give rise to private health care.
And people won’t realize, or care, or want to do anything about it until we reach a point where you need a credit check to go to the local emergency clinic to have that cough checked out.
What seriously is the deal with stuff like Maple.ca? Is that something we should be opposing if we’re to sustain the public model or is there a place for it relative to other advanced economies and welfare states (i dont mean this is the derogatory connotation)?
At least in my opinion if we were in a sane world, services like getmaple.ca would absolutely have a role in publicly funded health care. Instead though, the people who could use it the most are probably the least likely to have access. Last I heard, medical services are also a rare area where AI could actually have a positive impact by pre-screening patients before they see professionals.
Unless you’re against public health care, I think you’re misunderstanding me. I was answering the question as asked. Canadians can use remote service options, but they should be billed under the public system rather than privately. I’m talking about getting OFF the two-tier slope we’re already on.
Don’t blame people seeking health care for going to the last option available when there are no family doctors taking patients and all the clinics are severely understaffed.
The long game … just by tiny incremental degrees, corporate and wealthy entities will slowly erode public health care to eventually give rise to private health care.
And people won’t realize, or care, or want to do anything about it until we reach a point where you need a credit check to go to the local emergency clinic to have that cough checked out.
What seriously is the deal with stuff like Maple.ca? Is that something we should be opposing if we’re to sustain the public model or is there a place for it relative to other advanced economies and welfare states (i dont mean this is the derogatory connotation)?
At least in my opinion if we were in a sane world, services like getmaple.ca would absolutely have a role in publicly funded health care. Instead though, the people who could use it the most are probably the least likely to have access. Last I heard, medical services are also a rare area where AI could actually have a positive impact by pre-screening patients before they see professionals.
What’s does “slippery slope” mean in your sane world?
Unless you’re against public health care, I think you’re misunderstanding me. I was answering the question as asked. Canadians can use remote service options, but they should be billed under the public system rather than privately. I’m talking about getting OFF the two-tier slope we’re already on.
im sure people going to emergency clinics to have a cough checked out has nothing to do with public health care sucking
Don’t blame people seeking health care for going to the last option available when there are no family doctors taking patients and all the clinics are severely understaffed.