Should the federal government increase spending on healthcare?

Slightly more yes, but most importantly: reduce specialized physician salaries to afford our healthcare system better. Slightly increase family doctor salaries. The number of physicians doing their job SOLELY because of "the money" makes for a corrupted, bloated mess in Canada.

Yes to help aid provinces with their healthcare systems and help find a happy medium as health care is generally provincially funded/run

No, and by eliminating the bloat of bureaucracy in health care we can save money. Use more private health providers with public money.

Increase funding but focus on efficiency, ensuring money is spent on frontline services rather than bureaucracy.

Prioritize key areas like mental health, rural healthcare, and long-term care for seniors.

Encourage innovation and reform (e.g., digital healthcare, better hospital management) alongside funding increases.

Consider mixed public-private models to ease demand without fully privatizing care.

Yes and audit hospital's financials - it has been proven that upper management and hospital boards are highly corrupt and tend to syphon funds as shown in Britain's audits.

It’s good as is

No, the federal tax rate should be significantly reduced allowing the provincial governments to increase tax to fund healthcare how they see fit.

Cut the waste in healthcare system and run it like a business. Privatize services where it makes sense to do so but not require the individual to pay the costs upfront.

Yes, and implement some private systems to relive pressure on public system. As long as public system provides equal care as private system.

NO, and non citizens should require to pay. If they cannot afford, then the bill passes down to a family member. Any non citizen in Canada that is here is given a 60 % higher income without working that a citizen. Some non citizen visitors receives 3000/mth, while AB gives 1000 welfare month and ONLY if your house makes UNDER 3000. EVEN though mortgage, bills, cost that.

No - we should focus on nation wide analyses and audits of current healthcare spending and come up with rigorous evidence based plans to increase efficiency, decrease waste and prioritize highest impact health delivery

Government should consider reevaluating the way they are spending the money before committing more money. After reevaluating it if they need to commit more money, I suppose that is an option.

Healthcare funding an implementation should fall under federal jurisdiction. We should have a nation healthcare system not a provincial system.

Yes, but with sustainable funding growth in mind and without coercive spending requirements that exceed the federal government's role in the constitution. The Canada Health Act should be relaxed to allow more private provision for medical services while defining a high minimum standard of care for the public system.

Federal funding of health care needs to be carefully audited. Provincial governments are engaging in money laundering.

No. Healthcare is under Provincial jurisdiction. The federal govt should not be involved at all. Cut the taxes, close the ministry, get the feds out of the province’s business entirely.

The government needs to increase pay for nurses and doctors so there are more people that want those jobs.

cap doctor rates, but allow private services to exists so if you can pay you should be able to, but this wouldnt take away from the mass public who don't have that luxury. And capping pay would not incentivise doctors to move to private clinics leaving the less fortunate without a doctor

Yes, BUT make sure that the provincial government spends it properly.

No, the healthcare is fine currently.

most healthcare is not that expensive except cosmetics.

Yes, but only for the public healthcare system.

Yes and no, this supports my last answer, the federal government should fund our healthcare for better support but only to an extent (more or the same amount as present).

Yes, but only once we decrease our national deficit

we should of but my guy tredeau sent all are money to ukraine god damm monkey

Allegate more taxpayer money to fund healthcare and reduce unnecessary spending in other departments.

Federal government doesn’t have to increase spending into our healthcare if they didn’t wastefully spend it but instead spent it back into our healthcare system like in the past.

Not directly, but with priority funding being awarded to companies which demonstrate the most effective treatments, and funding private programs with disease and disorder prevention strategies

Focus on supporting supply of doctors ie increase access to med school, let the demand for these jobs fill the hole of demand for these services

Ideally, our healthcare and spending thereon should continue as it. It would be beeter to promote healthy lifestyles, by investing in public fitness, tax deductions for all and free membership for lower-income individuals to try to lessen the burden on the healthcare system down the road.

It depends on what the money is spent on. The entire budget should be re-examined by a mixed public and private sector board, and funding levels changed based on their recommendations.

HC needs to be revamped. There’s a small percentage of people that abuse the system. There should be certain hospitals for those that abuse the system ie drug abusers, alcoholics, etc so they can be monitored properly and not be used as a source of free drugs.

Healthcare should be free presuming you are following the rules and not taking advantage of the system.

I would not agree to that statement due to the way the government increases spending on healthcare which primaraly increases taxes for a dishonorable response which they claim they spend more on healthcare which actually means theyre benefiting on tax money and since all doctors and governnent workers pay taxes theyre basically paying them for a low margin on what they are taxing us as a society with

Yes. Some hospitals don't have enough healthcare professionals (Nurses, Pediatricians) which leads to higher waiting times.

Yes, but don’t raise taxes on healthcare

The government should completely pivot in healthcare and focus on functional medicine because the current healthcare system is not the way it should be

If it does not increase taxes

The federal government should be spending more on health care and research on Cancer and other diseases. The health care industry in Canada needs a lot more work put into it.

Yes my mom is a nurse and her and her co-workers get taxed heavily. They also did not get an increase in pay despite their hard work in the front line during this whole pandemic.

Identify prevention as a policy determinant

The Healthcare system needs an overhaul

The Federal Government should not pay for health care and should withdraw from the GST so that provincial jurisdiction is restored, while aspects of the Canada Health Act are enshrined in the Constitution as compensation.

Hold public system spending to greater accountability of spending.

I Think they should but also make sure its not too much

No. Budgets needs to be managed better by our health care system. Funding is not being allocated logically

I think it is fine the way it is

no healthcare money

yes and up the helthcare workers waje but not to stop free helth care

I believe the funding for healthcare is misplaced in the extremely padded administration staff when it should be in the actual health care services.

The current budget should be allocated differently

No, and implement a two tier public/private system And pay doctors fairly.

The entire health care system needs to be reorganized to be more efficient, not just adding more money to the system.

The current budget should remain, though market oriented reforms should be considered in the health system to allocate funds efficiently while remaining equitable

No, keep it the same

Yes, If we stop foreign spending.

Government should implement publicly funded private healthcare.

Only so long as the money goes to hiring more doctor', nurses, first responders, etc. And not to bureaucrats in higher offices

There should be better management of current funding, there is a lot of waste and poor administration.

Yes, along with an increased support in the updating of healthcare technology and services.

no they should build trampoline parks in every school in canada instead

not unless it is required

Only where necessary

Yes, but the. Located middle administrative management needs to be culled in favour of funding doctors, nursed, and other front line healthcare workers

Increase spending for people with incurable illnesses

depends on if the government is in need of certain healthcare products.

The healthcare system is top heavy, they need to fix their system instead of throwing more money at them.

Yes, as long as the spending is from the government not from taxes.

No, we have other issues.

I think that the same amount of money could be given but manage this money more efficiently. I feel much of this money is mismanaged.

Yes only for low income seniors

No, and more funding should be directed toward educating the public on healthy lifestyles and practises

Should look to increase efficiencies

Neither, I am happy with it currently

We should re-examine where our money is going and how we can structure our healthcare system to be sustainable. More emphasis needs to be placed on preventative healthcare measures as opposed to reactive healthcare. Public health needs more funding and should be integrated into our communities. We need to Re-evaluate our pay structure for physicians and other healthcare practitioners. Look for efficiencies and ways to reduce administrative costs.

Yes but less on people who refuse to get vaccinated for covid 19 and then go on to clog up hospitals for people who really deserve help.

I am satisfied with the current amount

Yes, and provide dental care for those making less than $75,000/yr with no insurance

Yes, too the point where adequate nursing, hospital staff and process can be sustained and there are reasonable wait times.

yes, by decreasing the wages of AHS administrative employees and reducing the number of AHS offices, stop laying off nurses and real healthcare workers

Yes, but make it so certain things currently excluded for everyone in a federal system has access, examples being dental care, physical therapy, etc.

Canada is a great country because healthcare is free and it should stay free.

Some edge cases should be privatised in order to increase grownth in said aspects.

There’s a lot of wasted money in healthcare. A full assessment of spending internally should be conducted

yes, increase MRI and diagnosis funding and times

Yes. Towards more medical staff such as nurses

Yes. But not go into debt

Yes but efficiencies while maintaining or improving current service levels should be explored. Prioritize injuries vs a common head cold.

Not a stupid amount

I like how our health care is

Reduce management expenses

Needs to governed better

The federal government should make the province pay more

Yes, however, make it mandated that everyone needs to exercise, eat healthier, and enact a fat tax on junk food.

Yes, for people with lifetime incurable diseases, mental health.

Increase incentives for GOOD healthcare. provide proper training and incentives to hire enough staff that people are not overworked.

Yes, but only after reviewing the current budget and making it as efficient as possible

No, open borders to qualified doctors from other developed countries in order to reduce patient wait times.

yes, on preventative and basic healthcare or trauma but increase privatization for all healthcare. Basically a blended system, coverage for exams, x-rays, trauma and prevention.