Hi Pete, You got it - sort of. My family doctor bills OHIP (Ontario Health Insurance Plan) for my visit. My brother-in-law, the heart surgeon, bills OHIP through his professional corporation. When I go for blood work, the clinic bills OHIP. The government doesn't provide the health services. We go to whatever doctor we want.
In the case of Ontario, as well as other Canadian provinces, the government merely collects taxes and health care fees from us and pays doctors and other health services providers. Depending on income level, each individual pays up to $900. per year for all health coverage not only in Ontario but throughout Canada. So if health care is provided by the private sector, how can it be "socialized medicine"? Al > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Pete Theisen > Sent: Monday, November 24, 2008 3:54 PM > To: ProFox Email List > Subject: Re: [OT] 25 billion won't do it? > > Alan Lukachko wrote: > > health care is delivered by private > > business with partial or total government funding, fit this broader > > definition > > Hi Alan! > > So this is it? Contract with private businesses to deliver government > health services and presto, it isn't socialist any more? > -- > Regards, > > Pete > http://pete-theisen.com/ > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
