In health care it is not privatization to fear, it’s profitization. We are told to welcome, not fear, more for-profit care; that more care is the cure for what ails us. This claim is neither new nor true. Opinion by ArmineYalnizyan and Pat Armstrong
to the protection offered by the Canada Health Act’s guarantee of access to publicly paid services.
We are told to welcome, not fear, more for-profit care; that more care, from any source, is the cure for what ails us. This claim is neither new nor true. Decades of evidence, from Canada and abroad, shows this approach wastes money and provides inferior care. Despite the evidence, Ford has permitted more for-profits in long-term care, home care, acute care, primary care, and child care.
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