Big news this morning – a private health clinic offering emergency procedures for pay has been told by BC Premier Gordon Campbell, the first patient desperate to avoid wait times at public hospitals who dares to pay money for health care will see the clinic shut down by the police.
Get a life. Vancouver is 45 minutes from the Peace Arch border crossing. The only thing that shutting down this clinic will do is see more Canadian money go into the pockets of rich American clinics just across the border. Those who can afford private health care will get their surgery, whether health care workers rally at city hall or not. The only difference will be less tax money going into provincial and federal coffers, money that would have gone to support the public system, create jobs, and improve services.
But heavens, we don’t want THAT in Canada! Let the Americans get richer!
