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Once immigrants receive their citizenship, or even before that since they are on Canadian soil, they should have access to this healthcare as the law covers everything on Canadian soil.

Privatizing healthcare harms the middle and lower class for the benefit of a small minority of Canadians. Quite simply, access to healthcare is a human right; thus all people should have free and equal access to it. The privatization of healthcare would result in patients who may not need care as urgently over those in dire need solely due to them possessing greater wealth. The result would be innocent and equally-deserving people suffering and dying because wealthy individuals put their own needs over those of others. Instead of privatizing healthcare, all medical treatments and prescriptions should be free for all Canadians regardless of socio-economic status.

Angell 2008, 37% of Americans went without care they need vs 12% of Canadians, and life expectancy of Americans is now 2.5 years shorter than that of Canadians and have fewer hospital beds and nurses

When everybody is healthy, everybody can contribute to society in a more productive way. Healthcare is a right, not a privilege and everybody should be entitled to the same quality healthcare regardless of their status.

Making health care accessible to everyone means making it available to those who need care the most.

Say you're working to help provide for a family that is either underage, or unable to help contribute due to reasonable cause. It shouldn't be fair to make individuals pay for their health.

They should agree because there are people who can't spend hours at a hospital waiting room especially on minimum wage were as rich people have the time to wait because maybe there not working as much or as hard and they can afford things like child care or a nanny but some people can't

Canada's healthcare has been eroded by decades of cuts, and hampered by attempts from provincial governments to cut services and open the door for privatization. It is factually true that public goods like healthcare are operated most efficiently without a profit motive.

https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2024-02-29-new-study-links-hospital-privatisation-worse-patient-care#:~:text=Increases%20in%20privatisation%20generally%20corresponded,tended%20to%20make%20higher%20profits.

The ability to walk into any medicenter or hospital and get the care you need is a luxury that almost every well put together country has. Not needing to pay for a need isn't something that should be fought against. It should be something taken in with open arms. Nobody should be denied the ability to get better and get medical help

We need to reinforce our existing public system before helping the private sector. We need to help normal canadians.

Given the option of charging higher amounts for privatized Healthcare would further reduce the number of physicians willing to accept patients on public medicare

People in the United States frequently speak about how the privatization of healthcare discourages people from seeking things like ambulances or emergency room visits - some people will even drive themselves in awful shape simply to avoid the ambulance cost. Things like having birth are also very expensive and organ transplants aren't fully covered there, unlike here where it is all payed for by the government.

https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/medical-bankruptcies-by-country, 70~% of bankrupcy is caused by private heathcare in the US where in canada it is 20~%

The privatization of hospitals will only increase prices and make it so public hospitals are harder to access.

Compare Canada's health care spending based on it GDP vs the USA's health care spending (basing this on the GDP accounts for population discrepancies)

Also compare the health outcome statistics in both countries.

Prime examples come from the States with stories of families and individuals who have found their worlds turned around based on injuries or illness that can then consume their life and their budget, significantly changing their lifestyle and needing push themselves into further debt, without much in the way of pushing an economy.

"It ensures that people receive necessary medical treatment, regardless of their ability to pay, and promotes social equity by making healthcare accessible to all Canadians." Carrying and support

Evident through the circumstances occurring post-covid, Healthcare accessibility is a concern and due to the deficiency in healthcare workers, Canadians are struggling to access healthcare services and appointments adequately. Healthcare workers are under pressure, thus resulting in degrading quality. Public Healthcare has its many problems that require attention and therefore, Healthcare Privatization is of lesser priority.

For-profit healthcare has been proven to cost more while providing poor quality of care. A portion of money spent on for-profit clinics must got to shareholders, and clinics may cut back on services, quality checks, and equipment to save money and increase profits

- the more people that can get access to free healthcare, the healthier the citizens of a country are.

Current Crisis Statistics:
- Ontario spends only $5,000 per capita on healthcare vs. $7,000+ in other provinces
- Nurse-to-patient ratios have dropped 20% since 2010
- Average ER wait times increased from 1.6 hours in 2015 to 4.7 hours in 2024
- 15% of Ontarians lack a family doctor

Investment Solution Impact:
1. Public Funding & Worker Support
- Raising nurse wages 20% would cost $2.1B annually - less than 2% of Ontario's budget
- Every $1B in healthcare spending creates ~12,000 direct healthcare jobs
- Improved working conditions reduce turnover (currently 14.6% annually)

2.…  Read more Medical School Expansion
- Ontario has 0.9 doctors per 1,000 people vs. Canadian average of 1.3
- 4,000+ Canadian doctors working abroad could be incentivized to return
- Expanding medical school capacity by 2,000 seats costs ~$400M annually
- Return on investment: each doctor generates $2.1M in economic activity yearly

Making health care accessible to everyone means making it available to those who need care the most.