M3: Public vs Private

Question 1

How deos Public Health Care Works?

Answer 1

▫ Taxes -> Medicare -> Doctors

▫ Most Canadian health care delivered privately (clinics/doctors’ offices) but paid for publicly.

▫ Financing health care vs. Delivering health care

▫ Non-insured individuals pay for care

Question 2

What are some reasons to be opposed to private Healthcare?

Answer 2

▫ Two-tiered system
▫ Does not address doctor shortage + waitlists
▫ Contravenes the 1984 Canada Health Act
▫ Decreased quality of care
▫ Dismantle public system
▫ Will take away from already-short staff

Question 3

What are some reasons to support private Healthcare?

Answer 3

• Individual right
• Would help public health care
• Need to modernize 1984 Canada Health Act (5 Core)
• It already exists
• Increase options