Alberta

The plan to move towards privatization is not about patient care .... is about making profits and generating wealth for those who would control the system.

The people that want privatization to happen don't care about people or their health ... all they can see are the profits that can be generated from taking advantage of people during the worst events in their lives .

big "duh"

I wonder if it's better for the top 10% and much worse for everyone else (and thus worse overall), as is often the case in private sectors. I had an argument during an election season with someone (they said they were a doctor) who said they didn't want to wait for an MRI so they paid to have it done at a clinic they knew. They said this was a net benefit and argument for privatization because it cleared up their spot in the public line for someone else. I argued that being able to pay money for faster or better care is the very definition of a two-tiered health system that treats the wealthy better than everyone else.

New public management is a trojan horse meant to let companies put their straws down the milkshake of public spending and drink it all up.

Change my mind.

Don’t fall for it. Private medicine will destroy more than health.

Well yeah, try going to a for profit hospital in one of your southern neighborly equivalent states. Sure New York may have a good private hospital or two, but Oklahoma City or Dallas sure as shit doesn’t (apologies if I mischaracterized y’all Albertans, I’m just thinking fairly populous petrostate with a high agricultural theming).

Medical privatization will kill some of you. Ask Americans how we know. But there is one piece of advice we got from a neighbor a long time ago that we wish we’d heeded that you may need to hear: paying higher taxes so everyone gets good free healthcare is quickly personally worth it. Wise folks that told us that, really wish we’d listened

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