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COMMENTARY: Creeping threat of privatization in P.E.I.'s health-care system

The P.E.I. Health Coalition met with Health Minister Cory Deagle to discuss the rapid privatization of health care on P.E.I. and Alberta’s Bill C-11. Our concern is the amount of privatization allowed in this province and the danger of following Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s two-tier system that violates three principles of the Canada Health Act (CHA)  – accessibility, comprehensiveness, and universality.

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The list of private initiatives on P.E.I. continues to grow. For example, we believe that the web service Peidoctor.com violates the CHA. In Canada you either work in the public sector or the private sector. You cannot do both. That is why the CHA was established in the first place.

The privatization-profitization initiatives, including private MRI clinics, private cataract clinics and private hip and knee clinics, should all be under the public system. Our taxpayer’s money is being funnelled into private for-profit pockets for the owners and shareholders of their companies. These private........

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