Saturday 5 September 2015

We Need a Healthcare System Makeover!

Apparently our esteemed Canadian Government is going to be spending seven million dollars to promote their new fiscal budget. Is it any wonder why our country is in this state of affairs, using our tax dollars on their own parties' propaganda, instead of investing those funds to make a difference for their citizens? Meanwhile back at the ranch our medical system has so many shortfalls like long waits in the emergency rooms, dated equipment that people in the community need to raise the money to buy, lack of general practitioners, lengthy times for treatment, and to add insult to injury, yes pun intended, a fee for parking at hospitals to maintain the premises. I also would like to add in dentistry which is not part of the healthcare equation here. Seemingly our national budget has a surplus to send millions of dollars to other countries for Ebola treatments, when thousands of people here can't receive proper treatment for serious diseases. I've mentioned before that our government leaders have become self-serving, and these types of actions veers me to think in this way. I believe how our politicians run this country should be re-visited starting with the medical system. The saying is without your health you have nothing, and people need to be well to live productively. Honestly compared to some countries are health care system is incredible, but could be improved drastically. Canada is ranked 30th among the world's best healthcare systems, France and Italy taking the top two positions. Maybe if our Government used those millions in funds to find out how the top two countries are providing an excellent system, adopted a bit into the Canadian Healthcare system we could be at least in the top 10. Of course this would mean tightening their belts maybe stop buying millions of dollars in toys like one drone plane we don't need, the hundreds of thousands it cost to bomb other countries to be part of gang, and reducing their own salaries and expenditures putting their citizens in more healthy position all around. I also would like to state a healthcare system is not something they are giving us, it is our tax dollars that pay for it, and we elect them with the expectation to help not hurt. The real deal is they are providing a little more than basic care, but every Canadian still needs to have a health benefit plan, because they will not cover all that a person requires to be well. Maybe this will or will not make sense to you, but they are indirectly contributing to people's digression in mental health issues. This puts more of a burden on the healthcare system. Unemployment, low paying jobs, high taxes are causing citizens distress which means more health problems than before. I think we need a strong business minded Prime Minister, who really is dedicated to allotting our tax dollars where they need to go, using the power of no to balance our budgets, and someone who can stop the financial bleeding, yes pun intended again, by healing the economy instead of placing a Band Aide on all the issues like health.

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