Chapter 3 Blog

http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/healthcare/public_vs_private.html

In this blog CBC explains health care in depth and shows us why private health care will not be the end of public health care. It answers serveral questions such as what public health care is. According to this article Public health care is governed by the Canada Health Act. It's designed to make sure that all eligible people in the country have reasonable access to insured health services on a prepaid basis, without direct charges at the point of service. This raises the quetion of what private healthcare is? Anything beyond what the public system will pay for. For instance, should you have to spend some time in the hospital, the public system will cover the cost of your bed in a ward, which usually has three other patients. If you want a private room, the extra charge will come out of your pocket, unless you have extended health coverage either through your employer or through a policy you have bought yourself.
This is related to chapter 3 of our economics book under Everday Economics 3.3 Medicare. It raises questions on should health care be privatized but many people think it shouldn't because in a free market economy the lower class cannot compete with the higher classes and when it comes to something as essential as health care all Canadians should be equal.
I think some aspects of privatized healthcare should be allowed such as paying for surgeries or services that have a long line up. I think this should be allowed because if you have the money, there is no other reason why you shouldn't be able too.