Universal...I Mean Government Run Health Care At It's Finest

Soaring costs force Canada to reassess health model.

Well, you better watch out, the health care costs WILL increase when government run health care goes into effect. This will mean higher taxes, higher co-pays, limited "approved" pharmaceuticals, and a mass exodus of doctors as they will have their pay slashed and workload increased.

"Ontario, Canada's most populous province, kicked off a fierce battle with drug companies and pharmacies when it said earlier this year it would halve generic drug prices and eliminate "incentive fees" to generic drug manufacturers."
Okay, cut the prices on generic drugs and eliminate incentive programs...hmmm, that ought to keep pharm companies wanting to come and produce generic drugs there.

"...Quebec has a new flat health tax and a proposal for payments on each medical visit -- an idea that critics say is an illegal user fee."
Well, increased tax AND increased co-pays.

"And a few provinces are also experimenting with private funding for procedures such as hip, knee and cataract surgery."
Private funding = more costs to the consumer.

"Brian Golden, a professor at University of Toronto's Rotman School of Business, said provinces are weighing new sources of funding, including "means-testing" and moving toward evidence-based and pay-for-performance models."
Cut the doctor costs and see how many stay.

"Other problems include trying to control independently set salaries for top hospital executives and doctors and rein in spiraling costs for new medical technologies and drugs."
Cut salaries and see who stays. Cut costs and see how many companies want to develop new drugs or medical devices.

"The province has introduced legislation that ties hospital chief executive pay with the quality of patient care and says it wants to put more physicians on salary to save money."
Again, see who or how many stays.

"In a report released last week, TD Bank said Ontario should consider other proposals to help cut costs, including scaling back drug coverage for affluent seniors and paying doctors according to quality and efficiency of care."
More costs to the consumers. It won't stop at just seniors. The definition for "affluent" will be continue to decline. Again, see how many of those rich, greedy doctors stay (tongue in cheek)!

"Essentially it boils down the wishes of the population. But I think, from an economist's standpoint, we point to the fact that sometimes Canadians in the short term may not realize the cost."

They will never eliminate the gov. health care if they leave it to the people. The people will; be used to the entitlement!

We need to vote the bunch out and get this entitlement program repealed/unfunded!