Thread by @CanadianinAB

"They intend for this privatization to happen with, and this part is important, absolute irreversibility, so that no future government of any kind can try to Humpty Dumpty the scorched earth private rubble they’ve left behind back into a functioning universal health care system"

"To sell the public her poison pill for AHS, Danielle Smith already knows she has to change the public conversation on health care. A central element of this public relations war will rely on using Back to Basics or No Frills language around health care provision"
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"Once you establish the premise that the UCP actually support everyone getting health care, just not more health care than they need (or deserve), it becomes easier to vilify people with a greater need for health care as parasites"
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"To put this in context, we must remember that Danielle Smith has already told you that cancer is your own fault and that “you have complete control” over anything short of full bore stage four cancer."
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"A different UCP candidate already told us that people should take “personal responsibility” for heart attacks. So the list of medical needs that are somehow “not your fault” that the state might theoretically be willing to pay for may be vanishingly small indeed."
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"In tandem with underfunding, additional co-pays and deductibles will steadily be added to procedure after procedure. the words ‘personal responsibility’ will be called upon to do an awful lot of heavy lifting."
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"A profit driven system allows a rich guy with a hangnail to move to the front of the line and push aside a car accident victim with a flayed chest whose wallet isn’t as thick."
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I'm disgusted by the UCP
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"UCP’s entire health care approach: injecting middlemen into health care to siphon out public funds as private profits."

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