No one knows how long the backlog for health care in Canda and the effects could be felt for years to come.
And while the government has proposed a suite of policy ideas, the one that gathered the most headlines was the plan to increase publicly covered surgeries performed at private clinics that are covered by OHIP, more conventionally known as “private delivery.”
With the entire health-care system in crisis, though, it was a reasonable objective and political leaders were openly admitting that things were “broken.” “Every other developed country in the world has private clinics as a major part of their health system.
And while the political landscape is stacked up against any government increasing private clinics, MacKinnon said the experience of visiting these clinics is the best argument in their favour. Especially in the latter stages of a pandemic, when people are keen to avoid hospitals, a quiet clinic with lots of parking spaces out front is particularly appealing.
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