Doctors' Debate Opens Door To Private Delivery Of Health Care

As part of a plan to create a “blueprint” to transform this country’s health-care system, the Canadian Medical Association approved a resolution to implore governments and health authorities to “examine internal market mechanisms, which could include a role for the private sector, in the delivery of publicly funded health care in Canada.” Photograph by: John Guillemin, Bloomberg

From The Montreal Gazette:

SASKATOON — After heated debate about the slippery slope of pursuing private health care, Canadian doctors voted Tuesday to push governments to look more closely at allowing competition for public health dollars.

As part of a plan to create a "blueprint" to transform this country's health-care system, the Canadian Medical Association approved a resolution to implore governments and health authorities to "examine internal market mechanisms, which could include a role for the private sector, in the delivery of publicly funded health care in Canada."

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My Comment: Canada's health care system needs a burst of innovation and competition. The present government structure is stagnating the system .... which in turn is hurting the care that we give to those who need it in this country. Permitting private care is one step to shake a system that badly needs to be shaken.