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Originally Posted by Charlatan
The bone of contention comes when these private clinics try to tap into public funds. That shouldn't be permitted.
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Perhaps if enough Canadians get fed up with your system, enough will be willing to pay well over double (private from cash and public from their taxes), and your system will be saved from bankruptcy.
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The Supreme Court of Canada ruled Thursday that the Quebec government cannot prevent people from paying for private insurance for health-care procedures covered under medicare..
In a 4-3 decision, the panel of seven justices said banning private insurance for a list of services ranging from MRI tests to cataract surgery was unconstitutional under the Quebec Charter of Rights, given that the public system has failed to guarantee patients access to those services in a timely way.
As a result of delays in receiving tests and surgeries, patients have suffered and even died in some cases, justices Beverley McLachlin, Jack Major, Michel Bastarache and Marie Deschamps found for the majority.
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Oh and based on that you really missed with the bone of contention was.