@HGobsmack @HarrisonHSmith @HealthRanger Nothing is fully private in Canada. Private practices are forbidden under Canadian law Canada's restrictions on the private health care sector are said to “rival those of Cuba and North Korea” https://t.co/fLAoByFU
@Santeducation @DenisDessureau1 Le Canada ne permet pas le privé en santé. https://t.co/rvAOldPsnX.
@AmandaHempelMD @Noellenarwhal @fordnation This is a lengthy article but it describes the situation across the country. https://t.co/wBvdOmHSzN(Alberta%2C%20British%20Columbia,not%20they%20are%20opted%2Din.
How is doughfo’ getting away with annihilating public healthcare in Ontario???🤨
RT @kjjt48: @aoife_macnamara @TimHoustonNS @NSLeg https://t.co/kCunp0EkKP This has some interesting information, in general, about each pro…
@aoife_macnamara @TimHoustonNS @NSLeg https://t.co/kCunp0EkKP This has some interesting information, in general, about each province in terms of private care.
Health care in #Canada explained. https://t.co/MKG2xCrTXt
RT @LALegault: The illegality of private health care in #Canada #onpoli https://t.co/jYzFRz6fWa
RT @LALegault: The illegality of private health care in #Canada #onpoli https://t.co/jYzFRz6fWa
@MattSainsb @AlboMP In some provinces whilst heavily disincentivised. https://t.co/TpXdraGgQm
@AceFacefive15 @Thnk4myslf @Kleemomof3 @DebraLefebvre Here's another. https://t.co/SygnhLVfF2
@Bettswithfive @Craigburn @levarburton Private insurance for medically necessary hospital and physician services is illegal in 6 of the 10 provinces. https://t.co/w0gugn1DLt
Before people start flaming me, I said "largely," not "entirely." I know there are some private options. But there are many cases were private options are banned. https://t.co/LEeYM4jicV
@edhollett @cmhealy @tlynettepowell @KatharineSmart Y’all got it wrong, Bro. This is what the Canuks say… https://t.co/T7J2SqEQja
@tombrodbeck This CMAJ report is a bit old but I don’t think material changes have been made since it came out. It seems to suggest the barrier is provincial - https://t.co/fNYGv6V2t5 https://t.co/YLP8ESAfal
@hugebigtime @Lion0fWar @prageru @TuckerCarlson This document paints a picture of a byzantine nightmare of choice restrictions put in place by government. https://t.co/vVRmSAgYEw
@lightbottling @The_Real_Fly They are actually not. The rule is that the public system cannot subsidize a private system. However public care is strictly better so a private system doesn’t exist. https://t.co/uPzlMRBUyr
@lowongravitas Private insurance are forbiden for care provided by the public system/healthcare. Some level of private care exist but it's a parallel and marginal system https://t.co/UbvzvjH4d2.
Primer: The illegality of private health care in Canada https://t.co/yivHDe82xm ...prohibitions [that] prevent physicians from relying on the public sector for the core of their incomes and turning to the private sector to top up their incomes.
RT @janismullan: @InsiderOilers https://t.co/D7wrhEoZ9D Was looking up some docs from when BC went through this in 2009, it still is in so…
RT @janismullan: @InsiderOilers https://t.co/D7wrhEoZ9D Was looking up some docs from when BC went through this in 2009, it still is in so…
RT @janismullan: @InsiderOilers https://t.co/D7wrhEoZ9D Was looking up some docs from when BC went through this in 2009, it still is in so…
@InsiderOilers https://t.co/D7wrhEoZ9D Was looking up some docs from when BC went through this in 2009, it still is in some ways going on. I haven't read these lately but there is a precident in BC
@J_K_Smothers @JoeBiden Yeah. Been to Europe and have friends in Canada and can assure you if you pay for private doctors you get different doctors. https://t.co/VkPYcPnZLa
@mullymt @seanebeard @gratefulmann @GreggSux @edillades @jonathanchait Prohibitions on private insurance Six of the 10 provinces (Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario, Prince Edward Island and Quebec) prohibit contracts of private insurance to cov
@piggyslasher @gratefulmann @JoseCastilloJr @FrankLuntz @shaunking And you're incorrect about Canada https://t.co/3Fwa9X7eBA
@GregorySBerry @BSDMStash A look at the Canadian model may be useful. Remember also that in countries that allow private insurance right-wing govts have used this as an excuse to roll back the role of govt and move towards a private model https://t.co/Y1Zx
@MoiraRogow @hollymathnerd Just looked it up. It's apparently a little more complicated than that, and not universal. https://t.co/4czZ1TISiq
How #Canada keeps the private sector out of #healthcare. https://t.co/M7f4NvBeQf https://t.co/Ap7zg3UYsT
@pinkladyf0xx @KyleKulinski @joerogan There is a way to prevent that: Canada passed a law. Our neighbours to the north have done a pretty good job with their health-care system. It's not perfect, but it is way better than ours. Read: "The illegality of pri
@ne0liberal not too long ago this question in canada was kinda complicated. https://t.co/KQFA2eACMr
@coreycottrell @noBernieForMe @Kayrosis @MyLifeIsMunitz @AndrewYang that this overlap is not illegal at all: https://t.co/fHdMyrDeGp
@cookmichaelv13 @AndrewYang @krystalball @cenkuygur Just noticed that I referenced the paper without giving the link. Sorry about that: https://t.co/fHdMyrDeGp
@UpsetPatterns @jodiecongirl @hamandcheese This was a helpful thread for me: https://t.co/FbLtbzTJJB https://t.co/TFd2hEJuqa
RT @siderealization: @5Athena5 @SvePan1108 @SurrealCalarco @PeteButtigieg Some interesting threads: https://t.co/HoGDB28yGd https://t.co/t6…
@5Athena5 @SvePan1108 @SurrealCalarco @PeteButtigieg Some interesting threads: https://t.co/HoGDB28yGd https://t.co/t6LPSh9Rim
@Sunny_in_Cali @gerrybuddy @iamcardib This was my reference but I haven’t lived in Canada (although I could ask Canadian business contacts their experiences): https://t.co/kILxhPm84H
@DJDynamicNC @JohnDelaney @BernieSanders Yeah but as I understand it that's because it would be dumb to offer something everyone already has, not because it's illegal. Anyways it turns out the answer is province dependent, and Canada is probably somewhere
@Neoavatara Most of Canada *did* prohibit private insurance until 2005: https://t.co/UwqODBI54F “Only” 6 of the 10 provinces outlawed private insurance as of 2001: https://t.co/G4zDlrwFkY And she conveniently forgets that HillaryCare would have outlawed
RT @Jhutch43945987: The illegality of private health care in Canada https://t.co/rpw1a71VAp
The illegality of private health care in Canada https://t.co/rpw1a71VAp
@DrBrianDay Article suggests that private insurance for publicly insured services is illegal in only certain provinces. I wonder how this would affect BC govt arguments on importance of equal access in 🇨🇦...?! #bchc The illegality of private health care in
@Joel_McGuigan Here is an interesting article about Canada which has always heavily restricted private healthcare because they realise it drains resources away from public healthcare by allowing doctors to charge more. https://t.co/IkAI2Ya06y
@ContrarianCdn read your own source and read this.. i think you're confused.. https://t.co/eV0D21ejGh?amp=1
@ContrarianCdn you seem informed on this stuff so Im gonna go wid u were lying about private services being criminalised,theyre not https://t.co/eV0D21ejGh
@gertrude1306 @JWKieres @Diztract @Karen102013 @RVAwonk You're right. Ontario doesn't. But your country doesn't like competition. https://t.co/miLSi0p2RZ
@bierhorse @Mr_Cain_Thaler @Sartor1836 True in UK, in Canada there are restrictions on private services. https://t.co/FrL49gKOsY
@picardonhealth u can opt out of OHIP as long as u don't bill more than OHIP & u give up right to bill OHIP at all. https://t.co/7KDxET5c49
@whateversusan @dresdencodak Last time I checked, pvt HC was illegal in 6 of 10 provinces. Has that changed? http://t.co/TMI2HSr9
#ILikeObamaCare b/c it should b a crime 2 pay 4 ur own healthcare. http://t.co/rjNlE7vW