Is the Canada Health Act already dead?

[admined]

While no one was looking, it seems that Loblaw Companies Ltd's for-profit Maple has grown into a major medical services provider. Is this the beginning of the end for public healthcare in Canada?

[SpankyMcFarland]

I can’t see why public and private systems cannot co-exist. We need both. 

[August1991]

The OP provides a link to an article about Loblaws and Weston.

In Quebec, there are many private health service providers.

For routine health care, it is common to ask whether it was done "private or public"?

[August1991]

On this forum, we have had many discussions about health care.

IMHO, it is impossible to discuss health care on a public forum because it becomes ultimately a discussion about death - an existential discussion.

Women are a large user of health services in part  because of child birth. A few people require health care throughout life and women typically care for these people. Whether men or women, the greatest health care costs occur at the end of life. By some estimates, 90% of our health insurance is spent in the last three weeks of life.

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I prefer RomneyCare but I oppose ObamaCare. I oppose the Canada Health Act. Each province should decide its own health insurance policy/system.

In fact, at present, this is what Canadian provincial governments are increasingly doing.

Edited September 11, 2024 by August1991

[eyeball]

10 hours ago, August1991 said:

Each province should decide its own health insurance policy/system.

What is the point of belonging to a country if everyone goes their own way?

And if we can all manage our own health insurance policy/systems why can't we manage our own fisheries?