Posted by linkadge on August 31, 2017, at 9:24:55
In reply to Re: Sorry - new thread actually-drug prices, posted by baseball55 on August 30, 2017, at 20:07:26
Hey,
I won't argue too much - I'm a 'pro-business' conservative, we've had discussions before :)
However, to the extent that for-profit hospitals are making too much money, competition is encouraged to provide services for less.
In Canada, new services only open up to the extent that the government is willing to pay for them. It is impossible for a for-profit hospital to open up in a region where the competition is free.
Also, while there may not be as much profit in our system per-se, profit is only one part of the total cost. Waste is the bigger cost in a system where ER care is free.
Painful hangnail? Let's go to the ER.
Linkadge
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