Why do some universal health care models disallow, or strongly restrict, private insurance as a supplement?
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The Canada Health Act restricts coverage for private insurance by making private provision of most health care services illegal. Although several insurance companies do offer supplemental insurance through employers, they cannot coverage for any care that the government already covers. This has been challenged by several private clinics, most notably in Vancouver by Dr. Brian Day, managing partner of Cambie Surgery Center. The issue of private care has become rather heated due to the long lines of patients waiting for joint replacements and other procedures the health care system has neither the capacity nor the efficiency to provide on a timely basis. The Act stipulates that health care services be publicly administered and therefore subject to public sector unionization. This creates inefficiencies in terms of management flexibility of scheduling, job description reassignment, and administration. Performance measures cannot be implemented efficiently and under performing workers are not easily replaced or disciplined. My personal view is that a supplemental health care system complete with private care and insurance would benefit the current system by reducing waiting times and providing a side by side comparison of the two delivery models.
Because liberals want to control your life, including which doctors you can see, and when you die.
That is the way liberals want it... they want CONTROL over every aspect of your life. There is no benefit... at least not for us common folk.
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