Left wing Canucks oppose the choice of Private as well as Public Medicine. ( UK has allowed Private medicine since the start of the NHS in 1947)
The`Canada Health Act forbids charging for so-called "medically necessary" items : "medical necessity" NEVER DEFINED. Dentistry only paid for Social service recipients. In Ontario eye tests not paid between
20-64y unless eyes diseased. Average PRIVATE cost = $80-120 (Govt pays about $45)
Ontario residents willing to pay about $3,300 a year for a Season Ticket in Public Golf Courses + about $20 a round for a Golf cart. Yet MDs are not allowed to charge even a dollar extra for a visit.
Federal and Provincial governments are unable to control increase of Medicine.
Private donations to Hospitals are welcome; donors give millions to hospitals buyt are not allowed to pay privately to MDs.
The legal loophole to permit charging is by offering extra services not covered by Gov. insurance. Both Canada-wide MEDISYS Health Group Inc & Toronto CLEVELAND CLINIC (Canada) charge about $3,000/person for excellent Private medicine in luxurious surroundings. Many excecutives from major corporations are subscribers.
