Throughout the day's coverage of our health care system, there were plenty of calls for more money from Ottawa. But Sharon Sholzberg-Gray of the Canadian Healthcare Association told Politics that figure won't be nearly enough. The problem with Canada's health care system is not just a simple one of Ottawa not sending enough money to the provinces. It's also about how the money is being spent. Alison Smith of Newsworld Reports spoke to some doctors, social workers and other professionals in the medical field who say the emergency rooms of our country would not be so overcrowded if only there were more money going toward prevention.
Money is the bottom line in health care re-structuring.
After all, the changes have been carried out to save money, not to improve care. As more and more Canadians become fed up with our public health system, into the gap walks the private sector. They claim their role is to pick up the slack left by the public system and complement it. Avi Lewis of Counterspin spoke with some of them. But now more and more Canadiansof ordinary means are paying for private help during their hospitalstays.