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.

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.

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.

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

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

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