Policy on Privatization of Healthcare in Canada

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Policy on Privatization of Healthcare in Canada
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Introduction
Many countries around the world with the system of universal health care have
primarily relied on public-owned hospitals when it comes to the offering of essential care
services to the general population. Nevertheless, public-owned hospitals have been facing a
lot of challenges ranging from overcrowding, shortage of healthcare providers, and lack of
medicine as well as medication errors. Health experts around the world have been
championing for establishments of policies towards privatization of healthcare (Whiteside,
2013. According to studies carried out on countries such as California, Massachusetts as well
as Florida where privatization of health care has taken place, there has been a realization of
improved operating margins, high occupancy and reduced waiting time before being attended
to be medics (Chapman, 2014). Therefore, many countries have developed interests in
privatizing health care to ensure efficiency. However, many policy issues hinder privatization
within the health sector (Toebes, Ferguson, Markovic, & Nnamuchi, 2014). Thus, this paper
will examine policy issues, its position on the agenda of Canada government, the role of
various stakeholders and factors which made the government response concerning this issue
An in-depth Account of the Policy Issue
Policy on healthcare privatization is mainly concerning with ensuring that is
universal, comprehensive, equal and fair access as wells as portable healthcare system to all
Canadian citizens (Bambra, Garthwaite, & Hunter, 2014). The policy aims at restoring
rejuvenated research related to healthcare thereby ensuring that there are high levels of health
services to the patients. According to the policy, the Canadian Healthcare act has failed to
secure comprehensive and affordable health care services to all Canadian citizens. Individual
coming from poor background have found it difficult to get better health services whenever
they are sick. Additionally, the policy aims at reducing the exodus movement of medics
abroad due to poor payment. The policy looks at ways in which welfare of physicians can be

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improved and ensure that there are better payments to the healthcare providers. Thus, this will
ensure that the medics stay in the country and ensure that the medic-patient ratio is
appropriate as required by the World Health Organization W.H.O. additionally, the policy
champion for enhancement in the use technology within the healthcare facilities. Use of
technology will help in the reduction of the medical errors that have caused lives of so many
people in the country. According to the policy, privatization of health care will ensure that
there is sustainable and maintenance of equitable health care services (Whiteside, 2013).
Hence, every Canadian citizen irrespective of their ability to pay services will have an
opportunity to access healthcare services.
The policy also champion for competent as well as compassionate healthcare services
that address all types of health needs reported by patients. According to recent research by
WHO, most of the healthcare providers in the public-owned hospital often fail to
comprehensively address problems that the patients report to them hence breaching the code
of conduct that they are supposed to observe. Therefore, through privatization of health care
services, issues such as absenteeism, patient-physician relationship as well as diminishing
funding will be dealt with comprehensively. Finally, the policy on the privatization of health
care in Canada will also help in dealing with the challenges that rural and remote
communities face when it comes to health care access. Privatization will ensure that there is
an effective linkage of people living in the rural and remote to have access to primary health
care.
Description of the Issue’s Position
Currently, the Canadian government is struggling with many issues that are affecting
the well-being of the citizens. Some of the top issues that the country is working on include;
security of the state, high rates of unemployment, economic growth, proper housing as well
as quality education (Zhu, & Lipsmeyer, 2015). Due to the rapid increase in the population