Private Health Care Vs. Private Healthcare In Canada

Private healthcare (for profit) does not raise the quality of overall care for patients. Private healthcare costs more per year, as opposed to public healthcare, however. Even with more spending, private health care is unable to provide insurance coverage for the entirety of citizens. Along with private healthcare prioritizing in emergency care, which ultimately costs the insurance company more as it is more expensive to help someone in immediate need than it is to prevent someone from getting sick in the first place. Private health care can cause people to feel more scared as getting sick can cost them plenty, and be a big burden on those financially struggling, and those citizens may be less likely to get checked out, only to have to go when …show more content…
I personally feel much better knowing, that I live in Canada and that I am free to go to the hospital to get myself checked out and feel better, knowing I am healthy, without worrying about the financial struggle it could cause.
Private healthcare is worse than public health care, with the first reason being that public healthcare is cheaper, despite the common misconception about public healthcare. According to OECD, Canada spends approximately 10.2% of our annual GDP on our public healthcare, while the US, spends over 16.4% of its annual GDP on its own private healthcare system. While one could argue that because private health costs more than it must be better. However, this is arguably incorrect. From studying the correlation between a privatized, more expensive healthcare, and a fully public and cheaper healthcare system. It is determined that this must mean private healthcare is financially worse because even with fewer people being covered by a private health care system. It still costs more. The reason it costs public …show more content…
In studies done, for-profit clinics for dialysis had an 8% higher chance of patients dying than those treated in not for profit clinics. The reasoning for this is most likely due to shorter treatment times in for-profit clinics to reduce prices, along with fewer trained staff, (CUPE, 2013). Another fact to prove that public health care clinics provide better care would be that “Adults had 2 percent higher death rates in for-profit hospitals, while the infant mortality rate was 10 percent higher. Switching to a for-profit hospital system in Canada would mean 2,200 more deaths each year – more than deaths from suicide, colon cancer or car accidents” (CUPE, 2013). Also, for-profit clinics generally need higher profit margins to satisfy shareholders, while public clinics can use that extra money on better health care. (CUPE, 2013)