this is good reflecting , one could stay up all night and not say this as well as Tony , enjoy .... ( a always cheeck out the comment section for future related insight ! ~ TLR
health care (2)
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-internationally-trained-doctors-work-canada/
With an aging and retiring population, healthcare expenses in Canada are estimated to increase far faster than revenues.
Provinces are demanding more financial support from the Federal Government to increase its share of provincial-territorial healthcare costs from 22% to 35% to $28 billion annually. They also demand increased Canada Health Transfer (CHT) payments without stipulations, arguing they’re best placed to determine how to allocate any new funding.
Here is a sober thought. Imagine that Canada and the Provinces couldn't continue borrowing more each year. What would we do? Would we let health care collapse under increased demands, or would we make bold moves?
I would look at the following:
1)Do we have too many handlers handling healthcare?
The chart I have attached is an eye-soar. It also indicates how much we spend on our Federal and Provincial bureaucracy and whether 13 Provinces and Territories, each managing their own healthcare, makes sense.
2)Is Healthcare becoming the panacea for winning votes?
Healthcare is a growing tension point with voters. Governments promise more - pharmacare, dental care, mental health care, long-term care and primary care to ease the friction.
3)Are we focusing on accountability and efficiencies?
Are we obsessed with getting more health care for less or accepting less healthcare with more? Are our major infrastructure projects being delivered on time and to budget?
4)Should we consider a hybrid model where the wealthy can access private healthcare but, in doing so, benefit all others?
5)Should we reallocate our budgets? If universal healthcare is priority one and continues to cost more, and we can't borrow more, what will we give up?
6)Should we pay more taxes?
7)Should we have a quota system? Units of healthcare to be valued and invested wisely?
8)What role can technology and AI play in the home and virtual diagnostics to streamline only those patients who genuinely need access to healthcare?
9)What role can the pharmacy play as the neighbourhood hub for diagnostics and administration of primary healthcare?
My belief: Proactive versus reactive. We must assume that we will run out of borrowing capacity. In doing so, we free our minds to solve the growing demand for healthcare by putting the patient at the centre and driving efficiencies and bold thinking from the stethoscope back.
I have a podcast where I chat with inspirational people. If you want to hear a fantastic interview and ideas on how to save our healthcare system, my chat with Alika Lafontaine, President of the Canadian Medical Association, is worth a listen:
https://lnkd.in/grWp4q8S
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