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How is this not #Privatization of healthcare?

@smithc902 To do that, it will charge a monthly subscription fee — $27.50 for adults and $9.50 for children — to people who would also pay for their appointments, such as a $69 fee for an initial assessment. globalnews.ca/news/9510247/p…
So NOW @MThompsonPC tells us?

Generally speaking, she says people who use private health care to access the system need to be sure of the credentials and qualifications of those practising. #BluenoseHealth #MichelleThompson #NSHealth Image
@HeidiPCTV Former emergency department nurse and department manager @ConradMacNeil says Canadians need to understand the true price of private health care. #FixHealthcare #GoLikeHell #KarenOldfield atlantic.ctvnews.ca/private-clinic…
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Cannot emphasize this enough. Our wait times were often terrible before the pandemic, anyone can review the data here:

hqontario.ca/System-Perform…

The wave 1 shutdown was an added burden in a system with heavily rationed OR availability to surgeons. #covidontario #waittimes 1/n
As noted in the editorial, “elective” is often a misnomer. I saw a neighbour go from walking dogs kilometres at when referred to ortho for a joint replacement to essentially immobile by the time of surgery nearly 2 years later. This is in the GTA. Haven’t seen him out since. 2/n
The BC Supreme Court in the Day case acknowledged that Charter rights to security of person can be infringed when health worsens due to wait list delays. So what is an “elective surgery”? 3/n
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