Western Woods, wrong, wrong wrong.

People like convenience. That is why pizza deliveries are popular and netflix films are popular and online payments for bills are popular.

Emergency Departments are EXTREMELY convenient. Open 24/7, show up whenever you want, complain about anything from the wax in your ears to the common cold.

Problem is, Emergency Department care is EXTREMELY expensive.

Guess what, Western Woods? If a take out pizza cost 250 dollars, and if there was a 100 dollar fee for every online transaction, and if netflix cost 200 dollars a week, guess what?

People would bake their own frozen pizzas more, people would mail in their checks in stamped envelopes, and people would go to movie theaters more often.

Thing is, we do not charge 100 dollars or even 50 dollars as a co-pay for emergency care, so no surprise, it gets overused by Canadians en masse, costing the system a fortune. Charge a fee to stop misuse of it, to get people to use urgent care or family docs.