I think that is the new buzz word, for politicians.  COST SHARING.

Just WHO is going to SHARE in the COST?  Local Governments? Federal Government? OR US, THE USER?

The stink about proposed health services cuts, in the Fraser, and elsewhere, has resulted in where the Fraser Health Authority is saying that first, they look for Cost Sharing & Administrative Effeciences, before looking at cutting services.  Fancy talk, but what does it really mean? 

SELLING OFF OF ASSETS?

Cost-sharing and administrative efficiencies are the first place the health authority will look for savings, but he can’t rule out cuts to services, said Murray. ( CBC News )

To begin with, as I have said, since when does HEALTH CARE need to show a profit? I agree, it needs to be effecient, but what we have now, is far from that. We have a system that is constantly growing, while we shrink offered service. Like casts for those with a broken bone or two. Oh sure, we can give them the heavy plaster cast, but the new lightweight one, that makes it easier to use, is even more waterproof, COSTS EXTRA. 

I don’t know, if the patient is the center of the system, for health, why are their needs ignored, and yet staff, administration, all take front row? Why does it come down to how many paper clips are used, or saved, before the comfort of the patient?

In my opinion, we are approaching health care the wrong way. We are looking at how to save money, instead of how to improve the system. We need to committ to either National Health Care, or to Private Health Care, which is for the rich. Private Health seems to be the way Government is trending, not because it is more effecient, not because it is better, but because it satisfy their need for campaign funds.

IF we truly want our system to work, we need to make Nursing a profession again, a calling. Same goes for Physicians, and other Health Related Jobs, like lab technicians, and yes, even Orderlies.

Today, these are simply jobs, categorized as high paying, so that is where the bean counters go to cut corners. They don’t realize that cutting out a lab technician, means 10 or 20 less patients can be xrayed, or have their bone denisty measured. They don’t realize that cutting an orderly down per shift, means Nurses have to change bedpans, or make beds. TODAY taking a few years to get a degree, isn’t a free ride either, to a huge bank account, to buy a new car every year, and have a summer home and winter home.

TIME TO CHANGE OUR ATTITUDES PEOPLE, WE ARE ALL GOING TO NEED HEALTH CARE.