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Should the federal government increase spending on healthcare?

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Yes
18%
No
76%
Yes
15%
No
6%
Yes, and do not privatize any services
3%
No, and implement a two tier public/private system
1%
No, and more services should be privatized

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 @4R4XY7Nfrom Ontario  answered…4yrs4Y

Increase with direction towards more natural medicine/treatment to promote safety and reason.

 @9MFQG58from Saskatchewan  answered…9mos9MO

No healthcare should be free for everyone because people are really poor these days and can barely afford to live

 @B2LW7QGfrom Alberta  answered…23hrs23H

Federal government doesn’t have to increase spending into our healthcare if they didn’t wastefully spend it but instead spent it back into our healthcare system like in the past.

 @B2K8W4Dfrom Alberta  answered…5 days5D

Not directly, but with priority funding being awarded to companies which demonstrate the most effective treatments, and funding private programs with disease and disorder prevention strategies

 @B2H27FGfrom Alberta  answered…1wk1W

NO, and non citizens should require to pay. If they cannot afford, then the bill passes down to a family member. Any non citizen in Canada that is here is given a 60 % higher income without working that a citizen. Some non citizen visitors receives 3000/mth, while AB gives 1000 welfare month and ONLY if your house makes UNDER 3000. EVEN though mortgage, bills, cost that.

 @9WPFJ7Wfrom Ontario  answered…3mos3MO

Audits of the provinces' healthcare spending must validate that healthcare money transferred to provinces is actually spent on healthcare, instead of other things like on roads, (for example).

 @9WHRK97from Ontario  answered…3mos3MO

They should encourage provincial governments to increase funding, particularly in provinces where there are issues in healthcare

 @9WGXHQLfrom Ontario  answered…3mos3MO

No, the government should not increase spending on Healthcare. The government does not know what people are going through with their health.

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