Less, and there should be no privatization of the healthcare industry

The healthcare system is garbage and patients wait months to be seen or to receive results. The privatization of some health care sectors would allow those people to have the option of paying and being able to be seen sooner.

Health care is a right in Canada, and currently our hospitals are overcrowded which is resulting in more people going to America for health care (I live in a border city). This money is now leaving the Canadian economy and going to another country. With some privatization, we can allow more people to be treated quickly while freeing up the "free" system. This helps in two ways: keeping money in our economy and quicker access to free health care. People will think they are less important than those who pay for health care, but with our current setup we triage the most important patie…  Read morents anyways, regardless of social status. If a person willing to pay can get an MRI in 2 weeks and it lowers your average wait time from 9 months to 4/5, is that benefitting you or hurting you? The working class would likely have insurance and use the private sector medical care. This will open up free care for anyone who may need it but can't pay. We aren't talking about cutting taxes to public health care, just alleviating the pressure our current system faces daily.

Privatisation of the healthcare industry leads to corporate greed from drug companies and healthcare providers alike putting profits before people

For years our healthcare is covered by the government, I do not want to pay for an essential service nor count on an insurance company to approve a lifesaving treatment

The United Kingdom after David Cameron and the Tories enacted austerity, which gutted the NHS and has drastically exacerbated the health crisis.

My compelling position on this debate is informed by ACTUAL first-hand experience of living in the U.S. and in Australia. Healthcare insurance is a nightmare to navigate in the U.S. I witnessed friends having to spend hours haggling and pleading with insurance companies for coverage for very much needed knee replacements, post operative physiotherapy etc. And somehow, things still ended up being expensive! These people had better-than-average incomes (an optometrist who owned multiple downtown small buildings, and a home, all inherited, with no mortgages, and a psychotherapist with a speciali…  Read morezed sort of practice and some inheritance wealth), so if you think you'll do well under privatization, you might want to reconsider that stance, given your resources and your tolerance for pain and frustration. Further, certain hospitals only accept certain insurance plans! So if you needed to go to hospital, you had to call aroud to see which one in your area accepts your insurance! Try navigating all of this with a sudden and painful kidney infection (I did, and it was a terrible and invonvenient experience despite my having a relatively good insurance plan from my employer). We aren't often aware how good we have it in comparison, here.

Healthcare providers will only operate where they can make the most money, instead of providing the best care to the most patients possible.

America has a very privatised healthcare system, and you hear a lot of horror stories about people who cannot afford healthcare. Stories of people going tens of thousands into debt, cough drops costing 10 dollars each, and hospitals overcharging patients because they expect insurance companies to fight them on the charges. Letting malicious and predatory practices such as these into Canada will only lead to the poor getting poorer.

To me, its a moral issue. I believe everyone should have the RIGHT to EQUAL standards healthcare. There is no economic argument I have.

If individuals have the money to spend for expedited, and possibly better healthcare, then we should allow them to do it. This keeps the money in Canada while freeing up space for the "regular" system. In the end, we all get better healthcare, even if it means it's a bit unequal.

I understand why privatization could present an issue for some Canadians. For example many doctors may chose to go private leaving less options for those unable to pay for private healthcare. However with zero privatization many Canadians are left with no healthcare at all. Universal healthcare means everyone gets it, and so many don’t have access. Privatization would give many people who have insurance or who are able to pay access to the healthcare they need.

No citizen should be denied healthcare and denying healthcare based on ability to pay is abhorrent and anti-human rights. Systems such as those in the U.S. promote corruption and negative outcomes for patients, and lopsided working conditions for staff.

Having less privatization will ensure everyone will be able to see a doctor or specialist and get the care that is needed. To ensure that this is the case, the public should call on their government to be fully transparent a stop cutting healthcare funding and deliberately working to sabotage the publicly funded healthcare system. Investing money in preventative services, appropriate health institutions, and salaries for healthcare workers will ensure a well functioning healthcare system.

Privatisation involves selling state-owned assets to the private sector. It is argued the private sector tends to run a business more efficiently because of the profit motive. However, critics argue private firms can exploit their monopoly power and ignore wider social costs.

More private hospitals means less wait times, means doctors and nurses can be paid more and public hospitals can catch a break on overflow

Private health takes the stress off of public system, more incentive for doctors to stay and provide efficient care

While I agree the healthcare being private it kinda stupid, giving them less money would just make them up the prices for who can and can’t get in, which only makes the privatization worse

Speaking from personal experience, as well as a hypothetical situation. If we allowed people to pay for faster treatment, then it could lead to those who are unable to afford it being injured for longer, which would lead to more time without working, which then further decreases their ability for income. In short terms, by privatizing healthcare, we are only aiding the wealthy, and not everybody.

Public healthcare industries are not offering services that people want and a lot of people aren't satisfied

Everyone should be able to go to the hospital and recieve treatment if they are hurt or have something wrong, it isn't right to make rich people more important than others when it comes to saving lives.