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While there are positive implications of healthcare privatization, my counterargument to the "more" position on healthcare privatization highlights potential drawbacks such as disparities in access, fragmentation of care, profit motives, administrative costs, and the risks of compromising health quality for financial gain as well as exponentially drive inequity. Extensive privatization of health often prioritizes those who can afford to pay leaving vulnerable populations such as low-income individuals and those with pre-existing conditions with limited access to essential medical services. Thus, in a privatized system such as in my home country, the Philippines, the ability to pay can become the primary determinant of the quality of care received.

Good quality Healthcare should be a human right and the privatization of it will only harm the working class.

American Healthcare system has shown that, though private healthcare is more efficient, it puts the majority of the population in either financial or health risk.

Privatizing our healthcare only benefits big corporations (Loblaws, etc.), allowing them to rake in hoards of money and allow them to set the prices on our health needs. Healthcare should be accessible to everyone and should not be based on how much money you make. We should not have to ask ourselves, "Am I able to afford this medication for my children?"". Do not trust corporations with your health. They do not care about you. They only care for making a profit.

Although it may allow the country itself to have less debt, its citizens will suffer greatly. and provide that "rich get richer and poor get poorer" mentality

Healthcare privatisation is a dangerous road to go down. Give private health care companies an inch, and they will take a mile. Private healthcare costs a lot, and those without a lot of money cannot afford such healthcare, and allowing privatised healthcare will only cause it to spread throughout Canada.

People who have recently arrived in Canada and might need our free healthcare as they are currently in a bad financial position won't be able to receive it. This would lead to them thinking poorly about our system and even deciding not to go to the hospital at all for an injury that might end up being serious.

Here's a strong counter to healthcare privatization, incorporating the Ontario context:

Market Failures in Healthcare:
- Healthcare doesn't function like normal markets - patients can't "shop around" during emergencies
- Private insurers have incentive to deny care to maximize profits
- Administrative costs in private systems are significantly higher (US spends 25-30% on administration vs 2-3% in single-payer systems)

Ontario's History :
- Since early 2000s, deliberate underfunding has strained the public system
- Recent moves toward private surgical clinics mirror…  Read more failed UK experiments
- Wait times increased after private clinics opened as staff left public system
- Working class patients face increasing out-of-pocket costs for previously covered services

Overwhelmingly favours the wealthy. Private corporations prioritize profits over care. Middle class and less fortunate suffer with limited access/longer wait times as funding is channeled to private instead of public. PC government in Ontario has neglected and under funded healthcare to justify switch to Privatization.