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"We had to make it harder for people to access preventative healthcare, it's just too wasteful!"
We're letting those preventable issues turn into real issues that put a constant strain on what precious little healthcare resources we do have, and it results in people dying in waiting rooms. I'm not sure how that's less wasteful.
But hey, this a just another instance of conservatives doing and saying anything to wrest the healthcare system out of the public's hands.
From a business standpoint it makes perfect sense, any money the government invests into preventative medicine now, is money they miss out on from treating the symptoms once healthcare is privatized.
Works as intended.
Thankfully I managed to get mine without the fee in a different province. The nice lady just called me Fat and signed it off 😔
I feel bad for the innocents, but whoever chooses to roll these dice and is unlucky, well maybe the gene pool is just better off.
It's a great way to weed out ignorant and empathy-less people.
And the poor too!
Wait, what was that about empathy-less people?
That's a fair point. I kind of glossed over the $100 fee part but you're absolutely right.
I was trying to frame it in a way that said "I don't feel bad for people who make the conscious choice to avoid the vaccine when they can access it, and then suffer consequences for that decision".
If Alberta just charged a 5% pst like most other provinces they would have a balanced budget and be back to being a "have" province.
Then they wouldnt have to do all this stupid crap like trying to privatize their healthcare system desperately trying to balance the books.
is she trying out shine PP or something.
She's trying to pretend she's governor of a US state.