Questions It Would Be Really Great to Hear

[electricland]

the next time the CBC does a story about "fixing" the health care system, I would love it if, instead of the weak-ass questions they asked in today's segment, they would ask the following:

To proponents of more privatization:

• What, in your opinion, is the best health-care system in the world?


• How will private clinics increase access to care without sucking resources out of the public system?


• Do you think it's possible, before resorting to private clinics, to improve access through administrative improvements such as the Alberta Hip and Knee Replacement Project?

To no-privatization-ever people:

• Given that doctor's offices are already private enterprises, why do you object in principle to having other specialized private clinics?

Gotta run. Suggest your questions here!

Comments

[monkeycommando.livejournal.com]

I think its interesting that your responses deal exclusively with not having single payer insurance, and that doesn't even register in the spectrum of debates right now on health care in Canada.

[monkeycommando.livejournal.com]

I just re-read that, sitting as it does under the smirking monkey image, and it was not meant as snippy, at all.

Just made me realize that the US and Canadian systems are probably the two most different systems in the developed world, yet each country feels compelled to compare itself primarily with its neighbour.