Tuesday, December 19, 2006
Brodbeck Misses the Point
Tom Brodbeck sounds off today, on the NDP buying all the surgery time at the privately run Maples Clinic.
While at first glance, you might think Tommy Boy is right, it seems pretty simple. The key is in the government monopoly gobbled up the competition.
Will it solve wait-time issues immediately? Absolutely not. But it will, in the long run, reduce the costs of health-care on the system - thus allowing a reduction of wait times by improving efficiency rather than just paying more.
If anything, this move by the NDP will encourage private health-care providers to come to Manitoba, knowing that as long as there is a market here for their services, their services will be utilized. Or, as PITT put it, "While I like what they have done with the Maples, they can't stop here. Hopefully the Maples clinic won't just be another arm of the WRHA."
It's not every day that I like something the NDP does and Brodbeck hates. Maybe I woke up in Bizarro World. Down is up, white is black.... argh!
Just when Manitobans were beginning to gain some choice in health care, along comes government's health-care monopoly to gobble up the competition.
The Maples Surgical Centre, a private clinic that had been providing MRIs and pediatric dental surgery to the public for a fee, inked a deal with the Doer government yesterday that will end private access to those services.
While at first glance, you might think Tommy Boy is right, it seems pretty simple. The key is in the government monopoly gobbled up the competition.
Will it solve wait-time issues immediately? Absolutely not. But it will, in the long run, reduce the costs of health-care on the system - thus allowing a reduction of wait times by improving efficiency rather than just paying more.
If anything, this move by the NDP will encourage private health-care providers to come to Manitoba, knowing that as long as there is a market here for their services, their services will be utilized. Or, as PITT put it, "While I like what they have done with the Maples, they can't stop here. Hopefully the Maples clinic won't just be another arm of the WRHA."
It's not every day that I like something the NDP does and Brodbeck hates. Maybe I woke up in Bizarro World. Down is up, white is black.... argh!
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it must be bizarro day, I almost agree with you on something that's in your blog.
straight out, there should have been laws in place to prevent the maples clinic from providing second tier services in the first place. it's subverting the universal health care system that we are supposed to have as canadians. is it treason? maybe not quite that harsh, but along similar lines.
however, this does sort of in a backwards kinda route provide the government with a "P3" healthcare provider. I hate that buzzword, but it's a good concept. as much as I love governments and think they should have the right to murder anyone they feel necessary, they are clogged by bureaucracy. a private company can provide healthcare in a more efficient manner due to their smaller size and lack of red tape. paying the private company to totally look after this healthcare thing infinitely reduces the amount of bureaucratic BS that needs to be shovelled. Instead of every MP voting on whether or not to buy Brand A surgical gloves, they are voting on whether or not to pay Company A to just make that shit happen.
It's definitely a step forward, but these steps need to be made carefully, because it's a slippery slope.
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straight out, there should have been laws in place to prevent the maples clinic from providing second tier services in the first place. it's subverting the universal health care system that we are supposed to have as canadians. is it treason? maybe not quite that harsh, but along similar lines.
however, this does sort of in a backwards kinda route provide the government with a "P3" healthcare provider. I hate that buzzword, but it's a good concept. as much as I love governments and think they should have the right to murder anyone they feel necessary, they are clogged by bureaucracy. a private company can provide healthcare in a more efficient manner due to their smaller size and lack of red tape. paying the private company to totally look after this healthcare thing infinitely reduces the amount of bureaucratic BS that needs to be shovelled. Instead of every MP voting on whether or not to buy Brand A surgical gloves, they are voting on whether or not to pay Company A to just make that shit happen.
It's definitely a step forward, but these steps need to be made carefully, because it's a slippery slope.
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