Medicare Authors Criticize Doctors, Pander to Everyone Else

I’m buried in research and thought I had my book mostly written. But something bugs me.

Authors want to stand out, to say something new. So why do so many Medicare authors say the same things about healthcare?

I dug through Canadian authors: Taylor, Decter, Naylor, Rachlis, Simpson, Marchildon, Picard, Fierlbeck and even Martin, Furlong, Gratzer, Doig, Vertesi and others.

Aside from the last three, no one tears apart Medicare except to say we aren’t doing enough:

We do not have a system. We have 13 separate systems!

We need more services, more accountability and more regulation!

Everyone supports the pillars of Medicare, but no one supports doctors. Continue reading “Medicare Authors Criticize Doctors, Pander to Everyone Else”

The Conservative Government & Healthcare – Cause for Hope or Fear?

If we believe the Toronto Star, big business and executive health companies should flourish under Ford.

Conservatives are the party of the rich and famous.

Except that the average conservative voter drives a mini-van, has 2 kids and buys Tim Horton’s coffee.

She does not sip orange frappe mochaccinos in open toed shoes on Yorkville Avenue – unless she’s on vacation.

If we believe the opposition, the PCs will cut jobs. Even the Wynne Liberals cut 1,000s of jobs and spent the money elsewhere. They just didn’t tell anyone about it. So maybe we should expect the PCs to do the same?

But Ford promised he wouldn’t fire anyone.

Given the fury of fear mongering and campaign promises, can anyone predict what this conservative government means for healthcare in Ontario?

It all depends on what kind of conservative the government turns out to be. There are many flavours. Continue reading “The Conservative Government & Healthcare – Cause for Hope or Fear?”

What Can We Learn from the Liberal Circus?

Voters decimated the Liberal party leaving them with only 7 seats last night.

Voters exercised democracy and kicked the bums out.

Except they weren’t all bums. Many were smart people doing stupid things.

Maybe the bums were evil? This is wrong also.

We miss the point by blaming Liberal defeat on ignorance or malevolence. Accusations blind us.

The point of history is not to see how crazy and evil people were before us. That just makes us knowledgeable and arrogant.

History only teaches us if we can imagine making the same mistakes ourselves. Continue reading “What Can We Learn from the Liberal Circus?”