Saturday, Jan. 21: Readers aren\u0027t happy with Ontario\u0027s proposal to fund procedures outside hospitals.
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There needs to be a paradigm shift in public policy away from an emphasis on the private sector to an emphasis on the public sector in matters such as health care, long-term care and housing. This is not to say that the private sector does not have a role to play, but rather that the balance should shift to investing public money in social infrastructure rather than what is now happening in these sectors.
This is less of an an issue with cataract surgery than hip and knee replacements. Those are major operations. Most of these patients are elderly, so discharging them home the same day will require home care. Our current home care system is overloaded. I assume patients experiencing post-operative complications will be told to go to hospital ERs, all of which are past the breaking point.
Going to a hybrid style of health care does not mean going to U.S.-style health care — which is more expensive than ours. Unfortunately, our gaze is firmly fixed on the U.S., where universal access is not assured.Article content When I spoke to my doctor, she pointed out that the Ontario government’s lack of support for family practices, lack of support for nursing and the imposition of a high administrative burden were contributing factors to the closure.
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