Liberals vs. NDP vs. Bloc vs. Conservatives - position on health Care - Canada Federal Elections
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Although not advocating Mr. Harper's policies nor a privatized healthcare system, there are some notable advantages to a privatized, or even semi-privatized healthcare system.
The comparative evidence is that the Canadian health care model is inferior to those that are in place in other countries of the OECD. It produces inferior age-adjusted access to physicians and technology, produces longer waiting times, is less successful in preventing deaths from preventable
causes, and costs more than any of the other systems that have comparable objectives. The models that produce superior results and cost less than Canada’s monopoly-insurer, monopoly-provider system have: user fees; alternative, comprehensive, private insurance; and private hospitals that compete for patient demand. The overwhelming evidence is that, in comparative terms, Canada’s system of health care delivery under-performs and needs to emulate the more
successful models available elsewhere in those countries that offer their citizens universal access to health care.Anonymous 05 Jan 2006, 11:24 - Report