Our health care system, the most expensive in the solar system, is failing and flailing. Burned out from COVID, the cracks that were there are now making our hallowed medical system downright dangerous. People in need of emergency care are dying in hallways while tired nurses, doctors and technicians move through the fog of burn out and administrative disaster.
Canada has a real distaste for private medicine. The Dutch have private doctors and their system is not crumbling. Quite the contrary, the Dutch have a robust medical system of universality with four foundations: the Health Insurance Act, the Long-Term Care Act, the Social Support Act and the Youth Act.
“This act is implemented by private, competitive health insurers and health care providers. It should be noted that virtually all health insurance companies in the Netherlands are not-for-profit cooperatives that…
