Governments warn of cost explosions. And lately, propaganda from the United States has captured our attention and fueled fears that we are threatened by second class service. You have to look behind the headlines to uncover the real pressures on Canada's health care system. They system was set up like an insurance company, with governments more or less relegated to writing cheques. There is no ceiling on growth and very little built-in accountability.
Major change is now on the agenda.
Toronto writer Ann Silversides examines the real need for better health care in Canada, and the obstacles to it. The media stir up a moral panic. A provincial dragnet is established with secret terms of reference and a secret budget. Forty-five men and boys have been arrested. It is a rare person who will claim to have seen one, although their power is manifest in every summer storm.