• Nik282000@lemmy.ca
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    5 months ago

    How about we switch to ACTUAL public healthcare, not one where hospitals and doctors offices have to turn a profit delivering services at a price set by the government?

    • Arkouda@lemmy.ca
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      5 months ago

      Now now now, let’s not get crazy and expect a reasonable idea to be the right one.

      Obviously the only way forward is privatized healthcare, and maximized profits, until the lower class revolts and we do it all over again.

      Everyone who gets it needs to start explaining to everyone who doesn’t why public services should never be expected to make profit, should be expected and accepted that public services generally operate at a loss, and that none of that is a bad thing. Canada is in desperate need of a narrative change and a legislative overhaul if we are going to survive what is coming as a intact country.

      System failure is a fun thing. We need to trim the bloat to try and avoid it.

      • BillDaCatt@lemmy.world
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        5 months ago

        Exactly this! Very few people ever complain that the military is losing money. Healthcare should be the same way. It should operate at a loss.

      • HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com
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        5 months ago

        No. no. Privatization is great. Im american and its so much more exciting. Every time I get the big square envelope I never know if its approval or denial. Its like one of those exciting tv shows you might watch where you definitely would not want to be a character in it.

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          5 months ago

          Breaking Bad was amazing that is for sure. haha

          I still will never understand how Canadians can look at privatization down south and be all “I want some of that!”. I have to congratulate the consecutive governments who managed to turn Canadians against the very things they fought for decades to get.

          Have to respect the game even if it is incredibly evil.

    • bionicjoey@lemmy.ca
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      5 months ago

      Honestly I don’t have an opinion on that. In the immortal words of Donald Trump, “nobody knew healthcare could be so complicated”

      I’m not gonna pretend I have the answers. I’m not a policy expert. But from what I’ve seen, I think our system works pretty well when it’s well-funded. Maybe a different public system would work even better, IDK.