Re: a dumb query? pls humor me
On 8 Mar, Freddy Freeloader wrote:
> Paul Johnson wrote:
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>>> Why should it. What does it gain them?
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>> Why shouldn't they? How is "don't get that sick" a healthplan,
>> outside of some neoconservative crackpipe dream?
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> Ummm.... Just what is their incentive? A larger market share? Faster
Providing for the welfare of the citizens? That is, after all,
a function of government.
> response to sick patients? The first is impossible as they already
> have 100% of the market, the second already a problem they are aren't
> responding to now.
>
I've heard that the Canadian government is trying to address the
delays in the system, which are, IIRC, mostly for elective procedures.
I have no idea how well they're succeeding.
-Chris
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