We could raise taxes, but politicians lack the spine for that. So let\u0027s increase the \u0027disguised tax\u0027: the Ontario Health Premium.
Instead it was delayed due to a shortage of nurses and support staff needed for a fully functioning operating room. Luckily, she was eventually transferred to another hospital location where staffing was less of an issue, and she came home the following morning.
That part won’t be easy since reforming overgrown administrations is as hard as herding cats. Nevertheless, a government-driven initiative to identify and eliminate administrative duplication, triplication and waste should be able to free up hundreds of millions of dollars that could be better spent elsewhere.
Since the OHP is not identified as a tax, maybe politicians will have the courage to increase it. Currently, it generates roughly $4 billion a year. Thus, a doubling of this “premium” should generate another four billion for health care. Fairness dictates that the OHP be eliminated and that ordinary income tax rates be amended to generate the equivalent revenue currently raised by the OHP. This would result in a more progressive and equitable means of funding our healthcare system.
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