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Privitization Jeopordizing Canadian Health Care

Privitization Jeopordizing Canadian Health Care

Public health care, the crown jewel of social programs, has worked extremely well for Canadians. Yet today, Ontario is witnessing piecemeal privatization in health care. The introduction of private-sector business strategies and management ideologies into the public health care system, the restructuring and rationing of publicly delivered services and the cost shifting from the public purse to the individual households has Ontario’s health care system in jeopardy.

The cost shifting of health care from the public purse to the individual is a threat to Ontario’s Health Care. It defeats Ontario’s initial design in health care. The Canadian federal government agreed to provide additional financing to the provinces to handle the health care system. Critics question whether the infusion of another $4 billion per year into health care is really what the system needs, however. Not all problems with the system result from inadequate or reduced funding. Policymakers, the Harris government, should determine whether all types of care should be covered regardless of their nature, or whether Ontario citizens should expect a basic level of services. Experts recommend some type of tax-assisted savings plan to help Ontario save for future health care cost increases. Also, government spending continues to soar and the Harris government intends to change the health care message, to pave the way for more privatization and a two-tier system. The citizens of Ontario should not be anxiety about saving for future health care costs. If the Provincial government were able to handle and plan Health Care, after the adequate Federal funding, in Ontario current problems would have never come about.

The restructuring and rationing of publicly delivered services has also diminished the Health care system. Recently, many hospitals have been closed down, and emergency rooms, now more than ever, are over-crowded and unproductive. This downsizing of Health care workers is also directly linked to the overspending of the Harris government. The study done by the CCPA outlines the massive costs of the Harris government's mismanagement of the health care system. Evidence in the report shows the massive sums of money spent on severance packages and termination pay to help shed 25,000 health care workers in Ontario. These job cuts could have been avoided if the Harris government had a virtuous plan to benefit the citizens it governed. A...

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