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Should there be more or less privatization of hospital and healthcare services?

Privatization is the process of transferring governmental control and ownership of a service or industry to a privately owned business.

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 @9DSL8GKfrom Saskatchewan  answered…2yrs2Y

If the system was properly funded from the mass amount of taxes we already pay and less bureaucrats and dysfunctional management sopping up all the funding id say we wouldn't have such a problem. The people doing the hard work aren't being paid properly and the fat cats with a useless management degree and zero field experience need to go.

 @8V742P2from New Brunswick  answered…4yrs4Y

Abolish government run healthcare and abolish all income taxes.

 @8TYTHJLConservativefrom British Columbia  answered…4yrs4Y

We should adopt a hybrid private public system. Without reducing the public system we should allow private to supplement where their is demand.

 @8TVBY83from Alberta  answered…4yrs4Y

The people should own all health care, not corporations or government

 @8S644VPPeople’sfrom Alberta  answered…4yrs4Y

All healthcare needs to be accessed through ur health care card both private and public.

 @8RQR553New Democraticfrom Ontario  answered…4yrs4Y

I like the current system but would like to see more funding

 @8RG82KTfrom Alberta  answered…4yrs4Y

There should be no government subsidies for private Healthcare, but no limit how much or little there is.

 @8R7V75Yfrom Alberta  answered…4yrs4Y

More privatization with public funding. Take the government out of the operations of hospitals but find it for everyone

 @8C7WPDYLibertarianfrom Ontario  answered…5yrs5Y

More, but rather than decreasing the current amount of public health care services, you keep it the same and increase the number or private healthcare services for those that have the resources to bypass the majority population (this would reduce wait times for both parties and allow the possibility of advanced and urgent healthcare for those that have the funds)

 @9CM4BPYfrom British Columbia  answered…2yrs2Y

There should be an option for someone to either go to a private hospital or a public one

 @9B43CBNfrom Alberta  answered…2yrs2Y

A mixed health care system is best

 @97TBLT8from Ontario  answered…2yrs2Y

Privatize services that aren't necessary

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