Healthcare
Amidst globalization and americanization, it is sometimes hard to define what being Canadian is. No value is as distinctly Canadian as that of universal health care, as it is the only country in the world that offers it. Perhaps this is why the debate over the privatization of healthcare has been a heated one. True, the valued Canadian health system is going through a period of crisis and is undoubtedly in need of some serious reform. Privatization of health care and the eventual establishment of a two-tier system has been offered as a solution. Privatization will supposedly lower costs, improve efficiency, and improve the quality of healthcare. Many do not take these statements at face value, and with good reason due to the stronger contradictory evidence coming from the public healthcare side, as well as knowledge of the detriments that will come along with privatization. Those in favour of privatization argue that opposition to privatization is unfounded and is a close-minded attempt to protect the status quo. This is not true. The Federal and Provincial governments are aware that changes need to be made in the health system in order for it to survive. In a sense, the opinion to keep public healthcare is not one of maintaining
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Approximate Word count = 1502
Approximate Pages = 6 (250 words per page double spaced)
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