All I want for Christmas is publicly funded health care

Medically necessary care should be publicly funded for everyone, not just those who choose to pay, or the 25 per cent with private employer-funded insurance. It’s easier than a pony.

The feds should resist pressure to exclude employer-funded care virtual care from its forthcoming the Canada Health Act interpretation letter, so that private insurance firms can’t keep profiting from selling employer-funded insurance products, write Karen Palmer and Bernard Ho. Pexels photograph by Ivan Samkov

Opinion

BY KAREN S. PALMER, BERNARD HO

December 18, 2024

Managing the interface between public and private health care in Canada continues to be a hot topic. It’s well accepted that charging for medically necessary services contravenes the Canada Health Act when care is provided in doctors’ offices and hospitals.

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