Government Treatment Of Healthcare Disgusting!

I quote: ‘EDMONTON (CP) - Health Minister Iris Evans says she wants Alberta to examine the possibility of having private insurance compete with the public health-care system.’ And then she goes on, ‘Evans says people are tired of waiting 18 months for hip surgery, so the Alberta government shouldn't be afraid to examine all options for private insurance.’ Indeed such obvious statements to address the brutal hatchet job you have done on our healthcare system is typical, yet so out of touch with the horrific, if not negligent behaviour of these administrations responsible. People are tired of waiting for surgery - of that I have no doubt. Those waits in part are because there are no beds, and there are no beds in part, because the Alberta government in all their wisdom and foresight for their third way, imploded a perfectly viable hospital, the Calgary General, and sold another perfectly viable facility, the Holy Cross. The Holy Cross is being used as a private facility now, so what could this government tell us that suggests it wasn’t viable as a non-profit public facility? The federal government by withholding transfer payments for healthcare for years contributed to the decay of our system, and now the provincial governments are playing fast and loose to get their private system through the door. Certainly we can see who you are all serving and it is apparently not the population at large. To suggest that you care about the long waits is such an insult to the people of Canada. I believe that you have been listening to your own choir for so long that you cannot hear another voice in the room, and believe me that voice is getting louder! You are clearly looking after the rich of this nation, opening wonderful doors and offering up beautiful healthcare treatment to ensure that these pampered beings do not have to suffer any more than is absolutely necessary. You are ensuring that your friends in the insurance industry, private hospitals and specialty care services have a free run in this country, and all the beautiful people will buy their $1,000.00 plate dinners and applaud your efforts. Perhaps for a fleeting moment you might consider what each one of you and your respective governments were elected to do. You might look out on this vast domain called Canada, and consider that the population who you are expected to and paid to protect, govern and be responsible for and to, are getting poorer and sicker everyday! I know the pharmaceuticals can provide you with plenty of sleep aids to help you sleep through the night, but how does it sit on your conscience, I ask you? How do you feel about further impoverishing the people of this great nation, how do you feel about succumbing to the pressure to please the corporation? How do you look yourself in the mirror and justify the horrors that others are living with in this country because of the decisions you have been making? Take a look at the rising rates of Autism in this country, and the lack of research into the illness, the lack of responsibility for vaccine contamination with mercury and all the people living with those decisions? Take a glimpse at the seniors who can’t afford to eat properly because they are overburdened with health bills, have you observed the rise in food banks, or the juvenile diabetes, or the people living on the streets? Our healthcare system was put in place to ensure that Canadians would never have to suffer the horrors of loss of health and loss of services at the same time. Your mouths say you are protecting Healthcare but your actions say something entirely different. You really ought to take a look at what your policies are doing to this nation. To suggest that private insurance companies could assist in this matter, is to ignore the blatant evidence which says otherwise. Besides the fact that you have insulated yourselves from hearing the voice of the public, you have insulted the public intelligence by spinning this entire issue for the last 10 years. Finally I cannot express in words my utter and complete joy in anticipating the next Federal election and there is a small consolation in knowing that Premier Klein is fighting for his throne against his own buddies. Canadians will be watching as you face the reality that Canadians are facing everyday, because of your decisions, its called struggling for survival. So out of touch with the people you have become that I wouldn’t be surprised to hear one of you exclaim, ‘Let them eat cake!’ I look forward to your response, although the form letters are getting a bit stale. Perhaps just acting on my suggestions and rectifying the situation would be more beneficial, cost efficient, productive and time-saving for us all. Yours truly Catherine Whelan Costen Canadian Action Party Vice President and Candidate Cc: Jack Layton, NDP S.Harper CP Gilles Duceppe, Bloc Connie Fogal, CAP Brian Mason, ND edmonton_highlands@assembly.ab.ca Kevin Taft, Lib ktaft@albertaliberal.com Federal MP’s Media [Proofreader's note: this article was edited for spelling and typos on September 14, 2005]

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