sik0fewlNov 4, 2023

Private health care won’t reduce wait times — it may raise them, report says

A new report released Thursday says that privatization of health care in Ontario won't reduce wait times but may actually increase them.

https://globalnews.ca/news/10070036/private-health-care-ontario-report/

Private health care won’t reduce wait times — it may raise them, report says

A new report released Thursday says that privatization of health care in Ontario won't reduce wait times but may actually increase them.

Global News
Show threadxmunkNov 4, 2023

I’m a Canadian American, who studies the US health insurance market for a living… privatization would be fucking disastrous.

If you want an idea, just look at paid parking near hospitals and how fucking expensive those lots are… and you still can’t get a fucking spot.

The only way to reduce wait times is to increase supply or reduce demand… wait times will only significantly decrease if healthcare is unaffordable to the majority of Canadians or if we better fund public healthcare to attract more doctors.

Show threadImplyingImplications
I worked for a company that served clients on a first come, first served basis. Clients would complain about wait times. The bosses decided to create a priority fee where clients could pay extra to be put into a priority queue. Guess what happened? Literally every client paid to be in the priority queue. Wait times didn’t change one bit, but the bosses were laughing about suddenly making $500 extra per client with zero changes to business.
Nov 4, 2023 at 4:09pmWeb
Show threadsomeguy3Nov 4, 2023
An excellent way to frame it.