You can’t ban private medical care, and then fail to provide public medical care. But that’s what’s happening. A 20 hour wait (on average so half is worse) is no care at all. This is a human rights violation as far as I’m concerned and it needs to be fought in the courts. There are times when the “nice & compliant” nature of Canadians is a problem and this is one of those times.
I'm Russian and for me it's unbelievable that you haven't private medicine. Here in Russia, just to avoid spending time in free public hospital waiting a doctor i'm oftenly use doctors from small private clinics for afordable price (30-50$). But if you need a serious surgery you will get it in public hospital when you need it, of course public medicine had a lot of problems, but private medicine cover most of them.
You can't have as many people immigrate into the country and not build hospital's and medical clinics and doctors to accommodate the influx of people into the country. This is a homegrown federal government problem.
Great point made. Common sense seems to evade the government and their appointed beurocrats. Totally irresponsible to have so much immigration with no infrastructure in place to accomodate. Another socialist nightmare on the vacks of the hard working tax paying citizens who deserve much better than this.
Exactly!! But that is common sense, something this government lacks. I actually think they are well aware of it, know Canadians will suffer because of it, but their concern is how many of those coming in will vote for them, not that Canadians will suffer from a lack of exponentially increasing housing, medical and social services.
@Burhan agreed, give them a free expedited upgrade to Canada standards and let them help the people as they went to school for. Enough is enough of politicians holding us back, and preventing Canada being the best place to immigrate to. Let's build hospitals and clinics, free schooling for doctors nurses and health care workers until we fix the issues. So much opportunity here but we are being held back by the very same elites that say they are trying to help us.
When I moved to the US with my job I was seeing five (5) specialist doctors in addition to my Family Care Physician. Four (4) of them all had Canadian accents. I took opportunities to ask them and all said they had moved to the US because of the better career opportunities, climate, and money. I think Canada is being hurt by the immigration of quality medical personnel to the US.
I’m sure it doesn’t help that tens of thousands of nurses and thousands of paramedics were put on no pay leave since last year. The federal gov spent 240 Billion on pandemic relief, and did not increase hospital capacity by a single bed.
My mom has been a family physician in GTA for over 20 years, she cannot continue to afford her staff and clinic with her declining salary and increased demand. She just applied for an Illinois licence and will be leaving Canada.
@@_Y.Not_ when you can make three times the same amount in america with lower taxes, and not working for a collapsing healthcare system, why should any doctor bother working in Canada.
@@Abdullashora perhaps you should ask the thousands of doctors practising in Canada on a daily basis who are not only in the profession for the money. Thousands of doctors train here then choose to give back to their country with their knowledge instead of hightailing it to someplace where they "can make three times the same amount". Perhaps they realize that the quality of life, a loyalty to their country and a salary that will not make them rich but support a very good life here in Canada is sufficient, perhaps they like the fact that even if their patients are poor they can still provide healthcare for their patients.
We definitely need more spaces for students in Med Schools in Canada. And if not scholarships, then student loans. The burden of cost for Med school in Canada is nowhere near the cost in the US.
I've been to your beautiful Country. I hope you can train more Dr assistants and nurse practitioners and specialists. Maybe a medical sales tax? And taxing your wealthy? Sin tax ( cigarettes booze ECT)
Canada has implemented the HCAP program (health career access program) whee the Government pays for the whole school program plus clinical and the books and med equipment. Itll be interesting to see if in a few years from now it has made a difference
The Canadian healthcare system was already in major trouble well before the pandemic, the pandemic simply exposed it for what it is. As a country's population and immigration levels grow, it becomes inherently more difficult to service that population's ever-increasing universal healthcare services needs. There are now too many people in Canada, and the country simply does not have the infrastructure required to adequately support the citizenry. The only option at this point is to introduce private healthcare services to offset some of the burden on the public system, while also overhauling the current public system with major structural changes and reforms to get it to function more efficiently. Don't expect the current Canadian government of the day to figure these things out or implement any solutions, but do expect your wait times to get even longer than they are now. Watch for it.
@@bigradwolf5001 Who is unemployed? There are so many jobs on the market right now. The tight labor market is one of the reasons why the BoC keeps raising rates.
@@bigradwolf5001There will literally be too many to link... doesn't take much effort to google. Perhaps those people should put more effort into searching instead of just asking for links
Lower the cost for students to join the health care system. Problem solved. Maybe if it didn't cost north of $300.000.00 to attempt this field, we wouldn't have a collapse.
There are people right here in Canada clamouring to get into medical and nursing school but the government limits the number of spots for training available.
@@googultrollacct7784 Existing medical workers don't want that because there would be more supply for their skills and hence they'd have to be paid less.
My family has never had a family doctor and are still on waiting lists. My daughter is now 11. My step dad died having a heartattack at 52 sitting in the waiting room at PGH waiting for care. I need to get my family out of this country but we've been here for generations and I don't know where to go.
@@pickledragonrebel The OC indicated no problem with payment. The problem is that service is not available. Canadians use the US health care system regularly exactly for that reason. Dirty big secret of the Canadian public health care model. We have a dishonest system that demands payment (via taxes) then fails to provide care.
@@jinfrank9311 USA is the worst place to go. At least we have health care in Canada. The serious cases get attention first. In the USA only the wealthy people get care. If you get sick there, you lose your house.
It is possible that this is by design to influence a two tier or entirely private system. You cannot add 500k in new people per year and not have these effects.
Totally agree! The government is aware of that but are more concerned about who these people will vote for once here than the suffering of average Canadians who have to live in a system that does not exponentially increase services for those brought into Canada, they just don't care.
We already have a 2 tier system. Private clinics exist. Heck, paying out of pocket will get you care faster even at a clinic that is publicly funded. It really is about money.
20 doctors quit in the Brandon region of Manitoba. Hospitals have pages of unfilled nurse jobs no one is applying for. It’s going to get bad. Really bad.
People are clamouring to get into nursing school, so many that they have raised the criteria for admittance, still they only leave so many opening for people who want to train to become a nurse, that's the problem.
I think the healthcare system has already collapsed in Canada 😒. I have been waiting to see ENT doctor for 2 years now and my first appointment is 4 month away. So it is 2.4 months to see ENT doctor 😒. No doctors yet there is a limit on number of students who can get into medical school 🤔. I think politicians who promised to solve this problem if they are elected need to be fired as they have not delivered their promises and made things even worse 😬
@A B Too Funny....you should see the level of Care(equipment/treatment) in the big Modern U.S. hospitals(I have family that work in them!)....it makes Canuckistan look a collection of Grass huts with Well water, and dirt floors.
@@_Y.Not_ And You(and most of the frightened plebians) probably think the "patient" actually PAYS for that?....lol.....of Course, in CASH no less.... :) The homeless(and the Poor) in Michigan(for example) get the "Same level of treatment" by LAW.....and "THEY" walk right out of the Front Doors without paying even 1 buck outta their pockets. Odd, that they get to just walk away??....lol.....it's ALL covered by Medicare/Medicaid!!!.
@@shauncameron8390 You think Doctors in the US are more competent? I highly doubt it. The top physicians and specialists in the US are for the very wealthy only. Can you imagine going bankrupt to get medical care for your seriously ill child?
If you want to start a family care practice in BC Canada it's about 150K overhead to operate. When MDs graduate with 250K of debt they migrate to the US where their income is easily double with little overhead. Gotta offer incentives to keep doctors and nurses
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Is anybody aware of the numbers of doctors, nurses, lab assistants, technicians and care aides fired in Canada last November? Also, has anybody wondered why people became so sick all of a sudden? Hmm... that's a good question
We need more doctors but the Government has throttled admissions into medical schools and will not fund enough residencies, also we have international medical graduates who are languishing in Canada doing menial jobs and cannot get into the system. We also need to be asking ourselves this important question, can the government bear the total cost of healthcare funding?
That's exactly what one of the major problems is, the government has throttled admissions into medical and nursing schools that people here are literally clamouring to get into.
The government doesn't want more licenses. It doesn't want more staff on payroll. It wants to run everyone like whipped dogs because it is more efficient.
Excellent interview! Why isn't this on every network news. I am a nurse of 36 years experience and I wholeheartedly agree. When it comes to primary care, the bedrock of our healthcare system, we now have multiple tiers; those with good primary care, those with inadequate primary care (2 month wait for an appointment) and those with no primary care provider. Unfair and dangerous to our health.
@@pjsmith4369 It's still abusing it. They should have other options, of course. But you still are making a choice to go to an EMERGENCY room for a non emergency.
@@SMac86 so when you have no access to a clinic or walk in you should just let your illness manifest to an emergency cause going to the E.R offends people like you? The E.R is based on most urgent before minor cases are seen on a first come first serve basis.
@@akosua8779 Then you have crowds sitting there spreading all kinds of stuff. How about not playing Dr Google every time you have yellow boogers or a slight pain in your elbow?
Great interview!! Both questions and answers are imo spot on! As I have commented these issues several times before, I really hope that things start changing soon! Nothing changes when nothing changes. 🤞🏻🙏🇨🇦
I agree.I am shocked to see that even for administrative posts, people apply for jobs but they do not hire them even if they have worked in healthcare in the same province for number of years.I know people from outside canada who hv canadian nursing education but never got a callback for jobs they applied.They will say they are short staffed and will nitpick when it comes to hiring.
People are forced to go to the ER because walk in clinics and GPs refuse to allow anyone in with any COVID symptoms. Maybe that should stop so that we can focus on ER for emergencies not something that can be addressed by other avenues.
Keep seats open for Canadians first in training. In BC about five years ago, almost half university seats were held for foreign students. Alberta has dropped this formula and locals seats first. We need to train our own citizens first, and retain our youth for Canadian health care.
@@ninja777de They don't stay in Canada. They go back to their country of origin, and we miss out on another trained health care worker for Canada. Alberta fills only leftover seats for out of country candidates. At least five years ago they did.
@@shauncameron8390 Our daughter is an x-ray tech and working on MRI. I have three friends all with daughters who in last four years have become registered nurses, and work/live within 200km of their home towns. Two in my town. One local boy is in pre-med, and staying in BC. Train local first, seems to be working.
I don't know what is going with health care but I need to see doctor and there is no help. Walk in clinic are not walk in , we need to make appointment but the clinics are empty, not a single person in it , Doctors forgot how noble their JOB is. I'm so, so, sad and I fill hopeless and this is CANADA . . . . . . . .shame !
The Province of Ontario Canada and the Federal Government are Not telling you about This Massive Headaches...We NEED TO HAVE A ACCOUNTABILITY AND THE TRUTHS NOT 🚫 EMPTY SPACE FOR PROMISES WHICH IS THE STANDARD!!!
The number I heard before I left Canada in 2008 for the US was 42%. Worth researching as I can’t confirm this number but I do recall reading it / seeing it somewhere
Make Healthcare private and you'll see it run more efficiently. Programs run by Government will always end up in disasters such as Education, welfare are just a couple of examples.
I don't think, with the amount of power the lobbying with some Canadian companies the only people making profits out of it will be the insurance companies and the hospitals with they being still inefficient. Almost all the sectors in Canada are oligopolies.
Great interview. Dr. Smart hits every point clearly and concisely, and David puts in good questions. Our politicians should be listening closely to her perspective and advice.
Her answers to the problems is "more of the same". It fails to face the reality that Canada's public-only system is an anomaly. This is a fundamental reason why Canada is failing.
While I agree this woman is well-spoken, there is no specifics mentioned here to fix our healthcare on the front lines, just more of the we need to do something, let's get together with government and try to figure it out, less action just more talk, as always. They already know what is wrong, there is just no will to fix it with actual specific policies and procedures.
Lol Canadian way...talking no action...the whole system in Canada is build on doing nothing...example Canada has continual debt no jobs etc but Justin and Jagmeet keep smiling and majority of Canadians don't care
Would agree she talks concisely, however, without actually adding much substance (other than adapting national licenses for foreign professionals). I mean this is the problem with Canadian News..allocating a mere 8 minutes for an incredibly important topic/interview is just not enough time. Same with affordable housing - a shabby 5-minute briefing. All the viewer really here is there is a problem. I mean at the end of this interview she suggests a call to action for Canadians to get involved in stating how important this health care is, but doesn't suggest how to go about doing that or who to reach out to. How much meat can you dig into on such a tiny news spot?
@@Fruitball1003 you are so right about it. Just talking. We need action. Instead of talking, go and do something. Organize, make gouverment accountable..
Or from provincial leaders. The provinces are responsible for administering healthcare. Doug Ford is a disaster but apparently Ontarians like uneducated buffoons to lead them.
@@strike3959 Kindly direct us to the moment in the video when firing people was mentioned as a contributor to system collapse. I’ll wait. Just because something is your theory doesn’t make it reality.
For sure this is intentional. The neoliberal ethos which is “you will have nothing and you will be happy” includes health for the common people. Those who will have much and be happier are the Arms manufacturers and Pharmaceutical industry which will indeed be very happy as the wars and pandemics including opioids make profits better than ever.
i live in the netherlands,my wife is born in canada..she live now a long time in holland because the medical is so much better! we wanted now to live again in canaa but because of the medical care,we maybe can never go! my stepdaughter need a mri scan for her knee,,8 mounth she have to wait! this is grazy! wake up canada! people go on the streets ,put all your work down and protest!! are you a third world country? even the poor greek islands have better care then canada! DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT!!!
Former Canadian RN come to California wages are 50-95 a hour great benefits. Get tn visa to work in California . You work straight days or nights shift differential is 12 more a hour . Also patient ratios here huge reason nurses work here
20-24 hours in an emergency room in Ontario. I was experiencing that back in the early 2000s, in, none other than, Toronto. So, 22-23 years later not a thing has changed. Meanwhile, in countries like Portugal, Germany, S. Korea, Japan, Spain, Italy, France you can get a doctor in way less than that. La plus ca change, la plus ca reste la meme...
It's nothing like the issues in Canada. You go to an ER, and the wait time is an hour at most. For the most part, there is a month or two wait for certain specialists, but again, NOTHING like Canada. Our problems is healthcare cost, not access...
Data showing that a certain mandated medical procedure is rife with side effects. I wonder if that is playing a part in the demands on the medical system.
24/7 Telehealth docs with privatized diagnostic testing ie lifelabs is the way to go for a quick referral to an actual doctor that can treat you. cost effective and saves time. family medicine is nothing more than secretary work that could be done by lower cost designation like a np
When Ms Freeland said Canadians needed to be prepared to suffer as a result of sanctions against Russia she meant it literally. That does not apply to the regime who’s cabinet has been penetrated because as Mr Shwab has assured them “the Davos community will be fine”.
I haven't been able to get a doctor for years in BC. Lower Mainland and the Islands. I finally got one and had to move away, no choice. Few have a doctor here on Vancouver Island and the clinics have been shutting down. This is dire.
The waiting time for medical tests can take 3 to 4 months, finding a family doctor can take more than a year, and getting a doctor's appointment can take more than a month, not to mention other services. I feel so helpless. My life could be lost if I did not receive proper treatment in a timely manner. Who cares about that?
Family doctor is 2month wait regardless of severity of symptoms and pain. Usually the visits last about 5-10minutes. The ammount of times i wanted medical advice but had no access is more then not. Grateful to live in Canada but it's not a perfect system. I'm 27 years old and spent the first 6 months of my life at sick kids hospital with life threatening deformities. Since then i've scene a doctor maybe 5 or 6 times. I always laugh when i see "seek medical help immediatly" It's like 8 hour wait minimum at the local hospital and i got a job aswell
We have a family doctor in a group, but I can never get a same day day appointment at the walk in clinic, yet I am on her roster so I ding her whenever I need a same day appointment.
Remember that research eventually brings down healthcare costs by improving techniques, improving diagnostics, and then treating medicine like an information technology. So, donations to research Charities that deal with the big diseases in Canada will help.
No, donations will not come close to solving what is truly a crisis, when governments oddly seem to have plenty of money to throw around for issues that suit their ideological and political needs.
They need to regulate the medical charities. If the medical charity sells their research they should lose charity status. Then there's a lot of medical charities that pretend to do research when they're all about awareness which means they fundraise for the sake of fundraising.
Research is very important but at this point, like preventative care, it is a "nice to have", when even the most serious of front line medical issues cannot seem to be addressed.
Everyone, it's a complete lack of sufficient resources. When the funding is so insufficient, then momentum matters I like how people wrote to say "nuh uh" rather than submit their best alternative for that dollar
Funding the healthcare system should also mean giving full scholarships to deserving students who can't afford and want to be doctors and nurses. The govt can spend billions on healthcare but if there are not enough medical staff, what's the point? I knew one brilliant student who wanted to take up medicine but was discouraged because her parents couldn't afford so she took up accounting.
The government paid me to become a PSW in 2021. Graduated and have not been able to keep a stable job since. I have worked 4 jobs in healthcare in the last 13 months, not including my paid time working in the community as a PSW. It’s unstable and not reliable. I’m in nursing school this year and cannot to wait to graduate in 2024, and plan my departure. Canada claims they’re short staffed in hospitals etc. but are not giving F/T jobs to applicants. It’s usual casual and temporary, and offered through agencies with no benefits. My resume is extensive and I can communicate well in interviews, so there’s something else wrong here. This is why doctors and nurses graduate here and move to work in the US.
I'm in BC too. I was beyond appalled when Horgan announced a nearly billion dollar museum refurb. He has lost the 'affordability theme' that he started out with when he first became Premier or he just doesn't care anymore. Adrian Dix has failed at his high paying job too.
I think the aging population contributes to the higher need for medical treatment along with the high immigration which is drowning our hospitals. Since the federal government is responsible for part of this issue, they need to contribute to the solution.
Nurses are quitting, a lot of nurses quitted and went to factories where got paid a little less or the same pay for less responsabili ties, people not getting motivation to join to the profession, and not paid what the really deserve. When was the last time the government increased the salaries of nurses???....
Solutionn: more funding and allowing trained professionals from other countries take a test and then get some licencing here. I know several Filipina nurses that cant be nurses in Canada.
It's not money but efficiency which is the point. 11% of the gdp goes to the Healthcare system...it's not the money the problem but the whole Healthcare system who is rotten.
@@David-lq6oq I don't think so ! get a look to the US! it's terrible! you should forbidden few lobbies like Pharma , board of physicians not to be involve into decision make inside of the healthcare system!
The fact we don’t have enough medical staff has to do with the hyper bureaucratic Licentiate of the Medical Council of Canada in Canada. Did you know that a Canadian trained doctor that even has the title “Doctor” in Canada cannot practice unless they go through these crazy bureaucratic loopholes? Per province? Absolutely insane
Before I was a Canadian citizen, I visited ER due to an injury. They took me right away and took 600dls from me for a sprained ankle. Now, as Cad citizen, I pay THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS per year and haven't been provided a family doctor in over 3 YEARS!! I hate it!! 😒 🙄
How do regular people contribute ideas or concerns to keep this a top issue to be worked on? This interview needed to be longer. You got American news where they drone on for hours over something, but Canadian news just whips through an important issue in under 8 minutes? Same deal with housing affordability? No wonder Canadians are so apathetic towards provincial and political concerns.
Clinging to universal health care, demonizing private health care while failing on every level to provide that universal health care is absolutely ridiculous and negligent.
She gives me hope! Time to really get down to business. This is undoubtedly the biggest most complicated system we have. Throw out all the issues, I would love to be able to read about the problems and saolutions being discussed. Here in BC Telus has been making good headway in getting lines of communication open, and it would be wonderful to hear how doctors are feeling.
Justin spent 1.2 trillion sending out checks for choosing not to work.. sad 1.2 trillion we could have build roads fixed health care fixed water issues and put people to work ..instead it's all been squandered
I'm lucky enough to have a GP, but it's a month for an appointment, and no follow up. Tried to get a naturopath but they are all full and seem to be leaving as well. I was able to somewhat fix my issue by trial and error of natural things- there just is no other option without going overseas. My friend has been waiting 7 months now for an MRI for increasing headaches which worries me so much for her, and still no sign of an appointment.
They can't even read X-rays. Once I broke my foot, with bone on one side displaced outward and to this day that spot is bulged out, you can see the bone that moved out. The bone on the other side broke into several pieces and also slightly moved out. I went for an X-ray and they said nothing wrong with my foot, it's all in my head. Not to mention all the medical certificates that the UofT hands out to Indian vendors to practice medicine as medical assistants at their uncle's walk in clinic.
Prevention relative to health care should be funded to encourage people to take responsibility for their health and avoid more intrusive and expensive remedies.
It makes sense but there is no money to be made by pharma or by practitioners so is largely ignored in favour of simple sick-care. The matter of caring for one's health, rather than one's sickness, is almost entirely an individual endeavor.
Millions are moving into the country,more medical schools and nursing schools are the need of the hour.Many kids want to get into the medical field but lack of seats is the problem.
Some medical "visits" can be done over the phone and are a huge waste of time on both the doctor and the patient to be done in a facility. Telemedicine has a place in the future of medicine and should be used where appropriate.
Well you got what you recommended because that is basically what doctors do now. Medical telephone calls came in with the Pandemic and there is no going back.
The problem with Telehealth Canada is they have no idea of your medical history. Having 2 chronic diseases the major reason I receive great care from my family doctor is because he knows me, knows past issues, knows to believe me when I tell him something is wrong etc....I have had many telephone appts with him during Covid and its works well but someone who does not know my medical history would be at a distinct disadvantage in treating me, to my detriment.
I have a question. I have heard that many people who had a family doctor were assigned a nurse in exchange for that doctor. I imagine this happens because the nurse can do the same job as the family doctor. If family doctors are unnecessary, why don't they hire more nurses to solve this problem?
Excellent interview. I only hope out political systems at all levels listen with the willingness to get the system back on track before most of the population is over 65 and burden the system even more. The time to act is now.
Our political systems are the problem. They have no ability to get it back on track IMO. It's a hyper politicized sacred cow that serves as a wedge issue for hollow simpleton politicians. Not a recipe for successful political intervention.
Canada need private health care. Many people are permanently sick, they just live in hospitals. and people who are really working and paying taxes can not get help.
There's been so much emphasis on mental health. Actual health care has not been improved. We need more clinics, doctors (government and private) with reasonable fees.
I think a better term would be "physical" health rather than "actual" heath. Those with mental health problems would challenge the implication that they don't have an actual health problem.
They haven't done any improvements for mental health either, that was performative. Most of what they do is performative, they never actually fix anything, just pretend to.
Our health care system, just like every system in Canada, is outdated and top heavy. Very few Canadians bother to do anything or say anything until an issue impacts them personally - our politicians are even worse. Until every tax paying Canadian takes responsibility for knowing what their taxes are paying for and what's working and what isn't in their provinces and country and demanding accountability and solutions then we'll never see anything get any better. We will only see more bandaid solutions. We need a lot less gov't, less burocracy and far more accountability. We also need people to start being more community focused and self-reliant, especially given what's coming or we will see human and animal suffering like never before given what's coming.
I’m so glad that I live in the US where I can get high-quality healthcare pretty much at any time if I pay cash and not rely on ACA or another government-regulated insurance.
@@_Y.Not_ I do have but that isn't why my treatment or experience in the US has been that much better. Granted, you do need to be working in order to get coverage otherwise anything outside of catastrophic will sting.
When will someone actually speak the truth universal healthcare is not designed for the growing Canadian population Healthcare is already taking the majority of tax dollars and look at its it’s broken throwing more money at a broken system is not the solution There has to be thoughts and ideas about changing the system There are only xx dollars to spend and throwing more money at healthcare will mean cuts else where and problems in other sectors So unless there is a fundamental change to health care and healthcare delivery we will be back here in a future Just my 2 cents as a healthcare worker
Need more doctors, improved procurement, maybe lottery for additional private clinics, and throw in some VentriPoint VMS system for heart imaging to speed up and cut costs vs MRIs.
You can’t ban private medical care, and then fail to provide public medical care. But that’s what’s happening. A 20 hour wait (on average so half is worse) is no care at all. This is a human rights violation as far as I’m concerned and it needs to be fought in the courts. There are times when the “nice & compliant” nature of Canadians is a problem and this is one of those times.
Do you think it’s the governments fault there isn’t enough doctors?
"a human rights violation" never thought of it that way consciously, but you're right. If I had bucks I'd sue the government.
its not completely "banned" lol private practice in Canada pisses off alot of boomers wen it comes to cataracts for example 😂
Could not agree more.
I'm Russian and for me it's unbelievable that you haven't private medicine. Here in Russia, just to avoid spending time in free public hospital waiting a doctor i'm oftenly use doctors from small private clinics for afordable price (30-50$). But if you need a serious surgery you will get it in public hospital when you need it, of course public medicine had a lot of problems, but private medicine cover most of them.
You can't have as many people immigrate into the country and not build hospital's and medical clinics and doctors to accommodate the influx of people into the country. This is a homegrown federal government problem.
Facts 100%.
Such a good point
Great point made. Common sense seems to evade the government and their appointed beurocrats. Totally irresponsible to have so much immigration with no infrastructure in place to accomodate. Another socialist nightmare on the vacks of the hard working tax paying citizens who deserve much better than this.
Exactly!! But that is common sense, something this government lacks. I actually think they are well aware of it, know Canadians will suffer because of it, but their concern is how many of those coming in will vote for them, not that Canadians will suffer from a lack of exponentially increasing housing, medical and social services.
@Burhan agreed, give them a free expedited upgrade to Canada standards and let them help the people as they went to school for. Enough is enough of politicians holding us back, and preventing Canada being the best place to immigrate to. Let's build hospitals and clinics, free schooling for doctors nurses and health care workers until we fix the issues. So much opportunity here but we are being held back by the very same elites that say they are trying to help us.
When I moved to the US with my job I was seeing five (5) specialist doctors in addition to my Family Care Physician. Four (4) of them all had Canadian accents. I took opportunities to ask them and all said they had moved to the US because of the better career opportunities, climate, and money. I think Canada is being hurt by the immigration of quality medical personnel to the US.
Absolutely!
Stop giving those ones full ride scholarships. Or maybe arrest them when they come back to Canada, I don't know.
@Lulu Theft. If they take a full ride, then leave for America, make it a crime.
*cough cough* bullsh*t *cough*cough, doctors moving out of Canada is only one minor factor as to our lack of physicians
@@_Y.Not_ That may be the case, we'll need a multi-pronged approach to solve this problem.
I’m sure it doesn’t help that tens of thousands of nurses and thousands of paramedics were put on no pay leave since last year.
The federal gov spent 240 Billion on pandemic relief, and did not increase hospital capacity by a single bed.
My mom has been a family physician in GTA for over 20 years, she cannot continue to afford her staff and clinic with her declining salary and increased demand. She just applied for an Illinois licence and will be leaving Canada.
Good I’m happy for her
@88chickk bro family doctors are the only ones who can solve this clogged system
ba bye, funny how thousands of family doctors across Canada seem to be able to "get by" on their measly salaries.
@@_Y.Not_ when you can make three times the same amount in america with lower taxes, and not working for a collapsing healthcare system, why should any doctor bother working in Canada.
@@Abdullashora perhaps you should ask the thousands of doctors practising in Canada on a daily basis who are not only in the profession for the money. Thousands of doctors train here then choose to give back to their country with their knowledge instead of hightailing it to someplace where they "can make three times the same amount". Perhaps they realize that the quality of life, a loyalty to their country and a salary that will not make them rich but support a very good life here in Canada is sufficient, perhaps they like the fact that even if their patients are poor they can still provide healthcare for their patients.
We need more medical schools and deserving students being given scholarships
We definitely need more spaces for students in Med Schools in Canada. And if not scholarships, then student loans. The burden of cost for Med school in Canada is nowhere near the cost in the US.
I've been to your beautiful Country. I hope you can train more Dr assistants and nurse practitioners and specialists. Maybe a medical sales tax? And taxing your wealthy? Sin tax ( cigarettes booze ECT)
Canada has implemented the HCAP program (health career access program) whee the Government pays for the whole school program plus clinical and the books and med equipment. Itll be interesting to see if in a few years from now it has made a difference
FYI, TONS OF PEOPLE CAN DO ROUTINE WORK. THERE ARE NO SHORTAGE OF THOSE WHO CAN DO ROUTINE WORK. ALSO AI CAN BE USED AS WELL.
Honestly we need a new take entirely on medicine. One that is decolonialized.
The Canadian healthcare system was already in major trouble well before the pandemic, the pandemic simply exposed it for what it is.
As a country's population and immigration levels grow, it becomes inherently more difficult to service that population's ever-increasing universal healthcare services needs.
There are now too many people in Canada, and the country simply does not have the infrastructure required to adequately support the citizenry.
The only option at this point is to introduce private healthcare services to offset some of the burden on the public system, while also overhauling the current public system with major structural changes and reforms to get it to function more efficiently.
Don't expect the current Canadian government of the day to figure these things out or implement any solutions, but do expect your wait times to get even longer than they are now.
Watch for it.
Health authorities: We are short on nurses!
Also health authorities: Nurses get a 1% wage increase when inflation is 8%
Others are unemployed. Which would you rather be?
@@bigradwolf5001 Who is unemployed? There are so many jobs on the market right now. The tight labor market is one of the reasons why the BoC keeps raising rates.
@@Azel247 I know a couple who are unemployed. Link to many jobs?
@@bigradwolf5001There will literally be too many to link... doesn't take much effort to google. Perhaps those people should put more effort into searching instead of just asking for links
Lower the cost for students to join the health care system. Problem solved. Maybe if it didn't cost north of $300.000.00 to attempt this field, we wouldn't have a collapse.
There are people right here in Canada clamouring to get into medical and nursing school but the government limits the number of spots for training available.
The government doesn't want to do that because they'd have to pay more workers.
@@googultrollacct7784 Existing medical workers don't want that because there would be more supply for their skills and hence they'd have to be paid less.
@@andrewmccoll1582 You're not wrong. They might also have to compete against each other to attract patients. The horror.
My family has never had a family doctor and are still on waiting lists. My daughter is now 11. My step dad died having a heartattack at 52 sitting in the waiting room at PGH waiting for care. I need to get my family out of this country but we've been here for generations and I don't know where to go.
USA
@@jinfrank9311 good gawd no ! Things are no better plus you have to pay or have helluva good insurance
Enjoy Europe.
@@pickledragonrebel The OC indicated no problem with payment. The problem is that service is not available. Canadians use the US health care system regularly exactly for that reason. Dirty big secret of the Canadian public health care model. We have a dishonest system that demands payment (via taxes) then fails to provide care.
@@jinfrank9311
USA is the worst place to go. At least we have health care in Canada. The serious cases get attention first. In the USA only the wealthy people get care. If you get sick there, you lose your house.
It is possible that this is by design to influence a two tier or entirely private system. You cannot add 500k in new people per year and not have these effects.
Totally agree! The government is aware of that but are more concerned about who these people will vote for once here than the suffering of average Canadians who have to live in a system that does not exponentially increase services for those brought into Canada, they just don't care.
We already have a 2 tier system. Private clinics exist. Heck, paying out of pocket will get you care faster even at a clinic that is publicly funded. It really is about money.
What I see is the Hospital stays the same, staff shortages, 10,000 new homes & Condo's built down the street.
Right. Boomers are aging too. It's going to be really bad in 10 years at peak Boomer.
the private sector would not have such problems
It’s been collapsed for a long time. Wondering if they’re still thinking it was a good idea to fire the good ones
20 doctors quit in the Brandon region of Manitoba.
Hospitals have pages of unfilled nurse jobs no one is applying for.
It’s going to get bad. Really bad.
Immigration from Ukraine will solve this problem. there, fixed.
its okay, harminder and balraj and pingxi will take those jobs and do them for minimum wage
People are clamouring to get into nursing school, so many that they have raised the criteria for admittance, still they only leave so many opening for people who want to train to become a nurse, that's the problem.
@@_Y.Not_ It's one of the problems. The health care crisis in Canada is multi faceted.
I think the healthcare system has already collapsed in Canada 😒. I have been waiting to see ENT doctor for 2 years now and my first appointment is 4 month away. So it is 2.4 months to see ENT doctor 😒. No doctors yet there is a limit on number of students who can get into medical school 🤔. I think politicians who promised to solve this problem if they are elected need to be fired as they have not delivered their promises and made things even worse 😬
I agree, why are they limiting the number of doctors and nurses allowed training in schools? That's where the problem is.
This is what happens when you hire people who don’t care about Canadians
@A B Too Funny....you should see the level of Care(equipment/treatment) in the big Modern U.S. hospitals(I have family that work in them!)....it makes Canuckistan look a collection of Grass huts with Well water, and dirt floors.
And further, this is what happens when you elect people who don’t care about Canadians.
@@romanheart8997 I guess that's why they charge $300 for an aspirin
@@_Y.Not_ And You(and most of the frightened plebians) probably think the "patient" actually PAYS for that?....lol.....of Course, in CASH no less.... :)
The homeless(and the Poor) in Michigan(for example) get the "Same level of treatment" by LAW.....and "THEY" walk right out of the Front Doors without paying even 1 buck outta their pockets. Odd, that they get to just walk away??....lol.....it's ALL covered by Medicare/Medicaid!!!.
Who would ever think that something run by the government is destined to fail?
It's shocking 😱
The only thing worse than a corporate monopoly is a state monopoly.
@@shauncameron8390 You think Doctors in the US are more competent? I highly doubt it.
The top physicians and specialists in the US are for the very wealthy only.
Can you imagine going bankrupt to get medical care for your seriously ill child?
"It's never a Problem when You've Money & A Title!"
If you want to start a family care practice in BC Canada it's about 150K overhead to operate. When MDs graduate with 250K of debt they migrate to the US where their income is easily double with little overhead. Gotta offer incentives to keep doctors and nurses
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Probably shouldn't have e fired all that staff for not getting vaccinations..
Is anybody aware of the numbers of doctors, nurses, lab assistants, technicians and care aides fired in Canada last November? Also, has anybody wondered why people became so sick all of a sudden? Hmm... that's a good question
Nobody cares about fired health care workers. Absolutely no one. It's the new normal.
Then let us get what we deserve
We need more doctors but the Government has throttled admissions into medical schools and will not fund enough residencies, also we have international medical graduates who are languishing in Canada doing menial jobs and cannot get into the system. We also need to be asking ourselves this important question, can the government bear the total cost of healthcare funding?
That's exactly what one of the major problems is, the government has throttled admissions into medical and nursing schools that people here are literally clamouring to get into.
The government doesn't want more licenses. It doesn't want more staff on payroll. It wants to run everyone like whipped dogs because it is more efficient.
Excellent interview! Why isn't this on every network news. I am a nurse of 36 years experience and I wholeheartedly agree. When it comes to primary care, the bedrock of our healthcare system, we now have multiple tiers; those with good primary care, those with inadequate primary care (2 month wait for an appointment) and those with no primary care provider. Unfair and dangerous to our health.
This is just more talking, no action and fixing, as always.
It is in every network. She's making the rounds.
Lol the Canada passive way...talking continually and no action
Well said !
@@msmichelle2196 Only solution is for the common citizens to open hunt the "leadership"
Excellent interview, great insights from the host and very good discussion by Dr. Katharine, very transparent discussion and constructive ideas
Patients have to wait for long hours to see the doctor in the hospital.Government should seriously take necessary actions to resolve this issue.
u mean privatization of healthcare because government dgaf about u child
They should also take serious steps to address inflation, record high home unaffordability, etc. Which should be first in line?
LOL. You know the government is the reason why this problem exist in the first place, right?
@@andrewmccoll1582 all of which is fixed by outlawing immigration
Worst health care system
Part of that is Doctors who decide they only want to work 3 or 4 days a week. My family doctor stops seeing patients at noon on Thursday.
Why don't you work and finance your own damn healthcare doctors are not your slaves
when people dont have access to family doctors and walk in clinics arent really walk in any more people are abusing Emerg rooms for non emerg issues.
It’s not “ abusing “ the Emergency system. It’s using the only medical care they can access.
@@pjsmith4369 It's still abusing it. They should have other options, of course. But you still are making a choice to go to an EMERGENCY room for a non emergency.
@@SMac86 so when you have no access to a clinic or walk in you should just let your illness manifest to an emergency cause going to the E.R offends people like you? The E.R is based on most urgent before minor cases are seen on a first come first serve basis.
@@akosua8779 Then you have crowds sitting there spreading all kinds of stuff. How about not playing Dr Google every time you have yellow boogers or a slight pain in your elbow?
Very true !
Great interview!! Both questions and answers are imo spot on! As I have commented these issues several times before, I really hope that things start changing soon! Nothing changes when nothing changes. 🤞🏻🙏🇨🇦
Simple solution-> hire! And eliminate the bureaucracy.
I agree.I am shocked to see that even for administrative posts, people apply for jobs but they do not hire them even if they have worked in healthcare in the same province for number of years.I know people from outside canada who hv canadian nursing education but never got a callback for jobs they applied.They will say they are short staffed and will nitpick when it comes to hiring.
Canada is just 15 years behind in health care. would rather go to Mexico
People are forced to go to the ER because walk in clinics and GPs refuse to allow anyone in with any COVID symptoms. Maybe that should stop so that we can focus on ER for emergencies not something that can be addressed by other avenues.
Keep seats open for Canadians first in training. In BC about five years ago, almost half university seats were held for foreign students. Alberta has dropped this formula and locals seats first. We need to train our own citizens first, and retain our youth for Canadian health care.
We need to train people with drive, talent and heart, no matter local or not
@@ninja777de They don't stay in Canada. They go back to their country of origin, and we miss out on another trained health care worker for Canada. Alberta fills only leftover seats for out of country candidates. At least five years ago they did.
@@billmcmeekin7909
Or they go to the US like a lot of even Canadian-born healthcare workers do.
@@shauncameron8390 Our daughter is an x-ray tech and working on MRI. I have three friends all with daughters who in last four years have become registered nurses, and work/live within 200km of their home towns. Two in my town. One local boy is in pre-med, and staying in BC. Train local first, seems to be working.
Direct ur kids to careers that have a future
I don't know what is going with health care but I need to see doctor and there is no help. Walk in clinic are not walk in , we need to make appointment but the clinics are empty, not a single person in it , Doctors forgot how noble their JOB is. I'm so, so, sad and I fill hopeless and this is CANADA . . . . . . . .shame !
The Province of Ontario Canada and the Federal Government are Not telling you about This Massive Headaches...We NEED TO HAVE A ACCOUNTABILITY AND THE TRUTHS NOT 🚫 EMPTY SPACE FOR PROMISES WHICH IS THE STANDARD!!!
Would be nice to know how much of a person's taxes is going to healthcare
The number I heard before I left Canada in 2008 for the US was 42%. Worth researching as I can’t confirm this number but I do recall reading it / seeing it somewhere
Make Healthcare private and you'll see it run more efficiently. Programs run by Government will always end up in disasters such as Education, welfare are just a couple of examples.
I don't think, with the amount of power the lobbying with some Canadian companies the only people making profits out of it will be the insurance companies and the hospitals with they being still inefficient.
Almost all the sectors in Canada are oligopolies.
Also keep dental care private so we don't end up with the same problem. No to Jagmeet Singh's universal dental care.
Great interview. Dr. Smart hits every point clearly and concisely, and David puts in good questions. Our politicians should be listening closely to her perspective and advice.
And we know they won't....sadly
This is soo TRUE
Her answers to the problems is "more of the same". It fails to face the reality that Canada's public-only system is an anomaly. This is a fundamental reason why Canada is failing.
just more of the same, I've heard it a million times - talk, talk, talk, no specific plan of action
While I agree this woman is well-spoken, there is no specifics mentioned here to fix our healthcare on the front lines, just more of the we need to do something, let's get together with government and try to figure it out, less action just more talk, as always. They already know what is wrong, there is just no will to fix it with actual specific policies and procedures.
Lol Canadian way...talking no action...the whole system in Canada is build on doing nothing...example Canada has continual debt no jobs etc but Justin and Jagmeet keep smiling and majority of Canadians don't care
Would agree she talks concisely, however, without actually adding much substance (other than adapting national licenses for foreign professionals). I mean this is the problem with Canadian News..allocating a mere 8 minutes for an incredibly important topic/interview is just not enough time. Same with affordable housing - a shabby 5-minute briefing. All the viewer really here is there is a problem. I mean at the end of this interview she suggests a call to action for Canadians to get involved in stating how important this health care is, but doesn't suggest how to go about doing that or who to reach out to. How much meat can you dig into on such a tiny news spot?
@@Fruitball1003 you are so right about it. Just talking. We need action. Instead of talking, go and do something. Organize, make gouverment accountable..
There are only two solutions. Ration care or raise taxes and spend more. Anybody who tells you anything else is blowing smoke up your @ss.
exactly. i can make words pretty too & nobody actually cares.
If you are waiting for leadership from the current Federal Government , you will be waiting a long , long time
Or from provincial leaders. The provinces are responsible for administering healthcare. Doug Ford is a disaster but apparently Ontarians like uneducated buffoons to lead them.
Maybe they shouldn’t have fired so many nurses and doctors? Just a thought
Thanks to Doug Ford!
Oh, please! In what part of this video did you hear about people being fired? Dr. Smart speaks of needing more family doctors.
@@john15008 you seriously don't even know?
@@strike3959 Kindly direct us to the moment in the video when firing people was mentioned as a contributor to system collapse. I’ll wait. Just because something is your theory doesn’t make it reality.
@@john15008
They are talking about shortages silly. You have landed on the main point, they don't even talk about thousands fired!
For sure this is intentional. The neoliberal ethos which is “you will have nothing and you will be happy” includes health for the common people. Those who will have much and be happier are the Arms manufacturers and Pharmaceutical industry which will indeed be very happy as the wars and pandemics including opioids make profits better
than ever.
If cigarette taxes went to healthcare, it would pay for health care 10 times over. Mismanagement is the only reason healthcare is in jeopardy!
Where is the revenue from marijuana sales going?
@@elizabethmcleod246 😅😅😅
they forget to mention Canada have the 10 best health system in the world. They want you want to a private system..
i live in the netherlands,my wife is born in canada..she live now a long time in holland because the medical is so much better! we wanted now to live again in canaa but because of the medical care,we maybe can never go! my stepdaughter need a mri scan for her knee,,8 mounth she have to wait! this is grazy! wake up canada! people go on the streets ,put all your work down and protest!! are you a third world country? even the poor greek islands have better care then canada! DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT!!!
Former Canadian RN come to California wages are 50-95 a hour great benefits. Get tn visa to work in California . You work straight days or nights shift differential is 12 more a hour . Also patient ratios here huge reason nurses work here
It's already collapsed in NL. Worst Healthcare experience hands down, top to bottom.
EXACTLY....Bravo!!!
20-24 hours in an emergency room in Ontario. I was experiencing that back in the early 2000s, in, none other than, Toronto. So, 22-23 years later not a thing has changed. Meanwhile, in countries like Portugal, Germany, S. Korea, Japan, Spain, Italy, France you can get a doctor in way less than that. La plus ca change, la plus ca reste la meme...
American Healthcare facing the same thing, but corporate greed is controlling our dysfunction and back log unfortunately.
It's nothing like the issues in Canada. You go to an ER, and the wait time is an hour at most. For the most part, there is a month or two wait for certain specialists, but again, NOTHING like Canada.
Our problems is healthcare cost, not access...
Data showing that a certain mandated medical procedure is rife with side effects. I wonder if that is playing a part in the demands on the medical system.
24/7 Telehealth docs with privatized diagnostic testing ie lifelabs is the way to go for a quick referral to an actual doctor that can treat you. cost effective and saves time. family medicine is nothing more than secretary work that could be done by lower cost designation like a np
When Ms Freeland said Canadians needed to be prepared to suffer as a result of sanctions against Russia she meant it literally. That does not apply to the regime who’s cabinet has been penetrated because as Mr Shwab has assured them “the Davos community will be fine”.
Hire back all the highly skilled people they fired!
Billions of dollars being distributed for free, with 8.9 billion announcement recently. Why not put that towards improving the healthcare?
does it get votes......
Because money is not the top problem, medical bureaucracy is.
I haven't been able to get a doctor for years in BC. Lower Mainland and the Islands. I finally got one and had to move away, no choice. Few have a doctor here on Vancouver Island and the clinics have been shutting down. This is dire.
The waiting time for medical tests can take 3 to 4 months, finding a family doctor can take more than a year, and getting a doctor's appointment can take more than a month, not to mention other services. I feel so helpless. My life could be lost if I did not receive proper treatment in a timely manner. Who cares about that?
Family doctor is 2month wait regardless of severity of symptoms and pain. Usually the visits last about 5-10minutes. The ammount of times i wanted medical advice but had no access is more then not. Grateful to live in Canada but it's not a perfect system. I'm 27 years old and spent the first 6 months of my life at sick kids hospital with life threatening deformities. Since then i've scene a doctor maybe 5 or 6 times. I always laugh when i see "seek medical help immediatly" It's like 8 hour wait minimum at the local hospital and i got a job aswell
We have a family doctor in a group, but I can never get a same day day appointment at the walk in clinic, yet I am on her roster so I ding her whenever I need a same day appointment.
Remember that research eventually brings down healthcare costs by improving techniques, improving diagnostics, and then treating medicine like an information technology. So, donations to research Charities that deal with the big diseases in Canada will help.
No, donations will not come close to solving what is truly a crisis, when governments oddly seem to have plenty of money to throw around for issues that suit their ideological and political needs.
They need to regulate the medical charities. If the medical charity sells their research they should lose charity status. Then there's a lot of medical charities that pretend to do research when they're all about awareness which means they fundraise for the sake of fundraising.
Research is very important but at this point, like preventative care, it is a "nice to have", when even the most serious of front line medical issues cannot seem to be addressed.
Everyone, it's a complete lack of sufficient resources. When the funding is so insufficient, then momentum matters
I like how people wrote to say "nuh uh" rather than submit their best alternative for that dollar
Funding the healthcare system should also mean giving full scholarships to deserving students who can't afford and want to be doctors and nurses. The govt can spend billions on healthcare but if there are not enough medical staff, what's the point? I knew one brilliant student who wanted to take up medicine but was discouraged because her parents couldn't afford so she took up accounting.
Maybe stop sending money to Ukraine and promoting war?
Good thing you fired staff
The government paid me to become a PSW in 2021. Graduated and have not been able to keep a stable job since. I have worked 4 jobs in healthcare in the last 13 months, not including my paid time working in the community as a PSW. It’s unstable and not reliable. I’m in nursing school this year and cannot to wait to graduate in 2024, and plan my departure. Canada claims they’re short staffed in hospitals etc. but are not giving F/T jobs to applicants. It’s usual casual and temporary, and offered through agencies with no benefits. My resume is extensive and I can communicate well in interviews, so there’s something else wrong here. This is why doctors and nurses graduate here and move to work in the US.
It's not just access, it's quality that's already collapsed.
Smart woman. Hopefully the politicians will listen to her. Here in bc our premier is spending a billion dollars on a bloody museum 🙄🤬
Hi 👋 Cathy how are you doing?
She offered nothing original. Everything she said was just more of the same.
I'm in BC too. I was beyond appalled when Horgan announced a nearly billion dollar museum refurb. He has lost the 'affordability theme' that he started out with when he first became Premier or he just doesn't care anymore. Adrian Dix has failed at his high paying job too.
I think the aging population contributes to the higher need for medical treatment along with the high immigration which is drowning our hospitals. Since the federal government is responsible for part of this issue, they need to contribute to the solution.
Nurses are quitting, a lot of nurses quitted and went to factories where got paid a little less or the same pay for less responsabili ties, people not getting motivation to join to the profession, and not paid what the really deserve. When was the last time the government increased the salaries of nurses???....
Solutionn: more funding and allowing trained professionals from other countries take a test and then get some licencing here. I know several Filipina nurses that cant be nurses in Canada.
Really isn't 70% of the Provincial budget goes to Healthcare
It's not money but efficiency which is the point. 11% of the gdp goes to the Healthcare system...it's not the money the problem but the whole Healthcare system who is rotten.
@@gregoun1 I think the best solution is allow private hospitals to come in so that people can have more choices
But we have money to buy weapons and send to ukraine.
@@David-lq6oq I don't think so ! get a look to the US! it's terrible! you should forbidden few lobbies like Pharma , board of physicians not to be involve into decision make inside of the healthcare system!
The fact we don’t have enough medical staff has to do with the hyper bureaucratic Licentiate of the Medical Council of Canada in Canada. Did you know that a Canadian trained doctor that even has the title “Doctor” in Canada cannot practice unless they go through these crazy bureaucratic loopholes? Per province? Absolutely insane
Now I know why so many are moving to Mexico
Before I was a Canadian citizen, I visited ER due to an injury. They took me right away and took 600dls from me for a sprained ankle. Now, as Cad citizen, I pay THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS per year and haven't been provided a family doctor in over 3 YEARS!! I hate it!! 😒 🙄
why would anyone move INTO canada? the american empire is right there
How do regular people contribute ideas or concerns to keep this a top issue to be worked on? This interview needed to be longer. You got American news where they drone on for hours over something, but Canadian news just whips through an important issue in under 8 minutes? Same deal with housing affordability? No wonder Canadians are so apathetic towards provincial and political concerns.
8 minutes of more of the same is more than enough thanks
Clinging to universal health care, demonizing private health care while failing on every level to provide that universal health care is absolutely ridiculous and negligent.
She gives me hope! Time to really get down to business. This is undoubtedly the biggest most complicated system we have. Throw out all the issues, I would love to be able to read about the problems and saolutions being discussed. Here in BC Telus has been making good headway in getting lines of communication open, and it would be wonderful to hear how doctors are feeling.
Justin spent 1.2 trillion sending out checks for choosing not to work.. sad 1.2 trillion we could have build roads fixed health care fixed water issues and put people to work ..instead it's all been squandered
Try working in the hospital then you will see how short staff every department is and what the real problem is
Some crazy people say ," you get what you pay for".
Then Canadians should be getting top notch health care because of the billions they pay to support this system.
@@_Y.Not_
Yet most of the money goes in the bank accounts of provincially-appointed administrators.
I'm lucky enough to have a GP, but it's a month for an appointment, and no follow up. Tried to get a naturopath but they are all full and seem to be leaving as well. I was able to somewhat fix my issue by trial and error of natural things- there just is no other option without going overseas. My friend has been waiting 7 months now for an MRI for increasing headaches which worries me so much for her, and still no sign of an appointment.
Your friend is being neglected. She could have a tumour. I’m so sorry.
I waited 14 months for my MRI in Toronto recently, ridiculous isn't it. The next I will not wait, I will cross the border.
They can't even read X-rays. Once I broke my foot, with bone on one side displaced outward and to this day that spot is bulged out, you can see the bone that moved out. The bone on the other side broke into several pieces and also slightly moved out. I went for an X-ray and they said nothing wrong with my foot, it's all in my head. Not to mention all the medical certificates that the UofT hands out to Indian vendors to practice medicine as medical assistants at their uncle's walk in clinic.
Prevention relative to health care should be funded to encourage people to take responsibility for their health and avoid more intrusive and expensive remedies.
It makes sense but there is no money to be made by pharma or by practitioners so is largely ignored in favour of simple sick-care. The matter of caring for one's health, rather than one's sickness, is almost entirely an individual endeavor.
no way. more government in our lives is not the answer.
We can't ge the medical system to address serious issues when they present themselves, how do you think they are going to look at preventative care.
Very true. Obesity is a big one
@@beltlevel it doesn't matter. The highest portion of expenses due to health care occur in the final two years of your life.
Millions are moving into the country,more medical schools and nursing schools are the need of the hour.Many kids want to get into the medical field but lack of seats is the problem.
Exactly
Exactly, a lack of training spots open not a lack of people wishing to become nurses, in fact quite the opposite.
Some medical "visits" can be done over the phone and are a huge waste of time on both the doctor and the patient to be done in a facility. Telemedicine has a place in the future of medicine and should be used where appropriate.
Well you got what you recommended because that is basically what doctors do now. Medical telephone calls came in with the Pandemic and there is no going back.
The problem with Telehealth Canada is they have no idea of your medical history. Having 2 chronic diseases the major reason I receive great care from my family doctor is because he knows me, knows past issues, knows to believe me when I tell him something is wrong etc....I have had many telephone appts with him during Covid and its works well but someone who does not know my medical history would be at a distinct disadvantage in treating me, to my detriment.
I have a question. I have heard that many people who had a family doctor were assigned a nurse in exchange for that doctor. I imagine this happens because the nurse can do the same job as the family doctor. If family doctors are unnecessary, why don't they hire more nurses to solve this problem?
Keep sending Canadian tax payers money to other countries while Canadians suffer without Healthcare! Hey Canada....DO BETTER!!!!!
Excellent interview. I only hope out political systems at all levels listen with the willingness to get the system back on track before most of the population is over 65 and burden the system even more.
The time to act is now.
Our political systems are the problem. They have no ability to get it back on track IMO. It's a hyper politicized sacred cow that serves as a wedge issue for hollow simpleton politicians. Not a recipe for successful political intervention.
Yes
just more of the same, I've heard it a million times, nothing new....talk, talk, talk
So well spoken! What a super smart women. We need more like this!
Nothing original in anything she said. Just more of the same.
She should be at home taking care of her children
We don't need orators, we need changers. The issue in the society in general is that we think orator equal smart
@@ninja777de mutually exclusive.
Reading from a script is not hard.
Whatever you do, Canada, Do not let in the private insurance cartels.
Canada need private health care. Many people are permanently sick, they just live in hospitals. and people who are really working and paying taxes can not get help.
So, we should stay at the mercy of the government-run cartels we currently have?
@@lovemylife4573 So what you're saying is you want to see rationing.
@@shauncameron8390 Does the government have a profit motive? Do they deny care to maintain earnings for their shareholders?
If I had a dollar for every time that I heard that the health care system was on the verge of collapse , I'd be very rich.
There's been so much emphasis on mental health. Actual health care has not been improved. We need more clinics, doctors (government and private) with reasonable fees.
I think a better term would be "physical" health rather than "actual" heath. Those with mental health problems would challenge the implication that they don't have an actual health problem.
They haven't done any improvements for mental health either, that was performative. Most of what they do is performative, they never actually fix anything, just pretend to.
Guess that free healthcare for all is working out so well
Our health care system, just like every system in Canada, is outdated and top heavy. Very few Canadians bother to do anything or say anything until an issue impacts them personally - our politicians are even worse. Until every tax paying Canadian takes responsibility for knowing what their taxes are paying for and what's working and what isn't in their provinces and country and demanding accountability and solutions then we'll never see anything get any better. We will only see more bandaid solutions. We need a lot less gov't, less burocracy and far more accountability. We also need people to start being more community focused and self-reliant, especially given what's coming or we will see human and animal suffering like never before given what's coming.
Why can't Super rich OIL country as Canada pay for full healthcare including dental 100% for ALL Canadians?
I’m so glad that I live in the US where I can get high-quality healthcare pretty much at any time if I pay cash and not rely on ACA or another government-regulated insurance.
LOL American healthcare systems.
Dual citizen here. My experience is the US system is far superior.
@@CJ-xi5gm Thank God you have money.
@@_Y.Not_ I do have but that isn't why my treatment or experience in the US has been that much better. Granted, you do need to be working in order to get coverage otherwise anything outside of catastrophic will sting.
Great host for the show. He's articulate, asks pertinent questions, and speaks confidently.
When will someone actually speak the truth universal healthcare is not designed for the growing Canadian population
Healthcare is already taking the majority of tax dollars and look at its it’s broken throwing more money at a broken system is not the solution
There has to be thoughts and ideas about changing the system
There are only xx dollars to spend and throwing more money at healthcare will mean cuts else where and problems in other sectors
So unless there is a fundamental change to health care and healthcare delivery we will be back here in a future
Just my 2 cents as a healthcare worker
National licensing is a geeat idea
Then why they are not recruiting more health professionals. NNAS is a lengthy and tiring experience, it waste the valuable time of nurses.
WHY ?
Need more doctors, improved procurement, maybe lottery for additional private clinics, and throw in some VentriPoint VMS system for heart imaging to speed up and cut costs vs MRIs.
That's insanity.. Poor Canada.
Excellent interview! So refreshing.