A Two-Tier System of Health Care

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The paper discusses the drawbacks of the two-tier health care system and uses Australia as an example to show how the introduction of a two-tier system was detrimental to the country's health care industry. The paper explains that in a two-tier health care system, resources and precedence is given to those who have paid for private healthcare. The paper explains how it is inevitable that two-tier health care systems benefit the rich at the expense of the poor and points to America as a perfect example of this. The paper concludes that Canada should retain its one-tier system if it wants to maintain health care privileges for all and not just some citizens.

From the Paper:

"A two-tier health care system is a national form that is in place in a number of countries. The two tiers are: 1. the public health care system (which is generally guaranteed for all citizens) and 2. the private health care system. The latter typically is expensive and offers shorter service queues alongside "better" treatment for recipients. The problem with a two-tier system of health care is thus that the public system may not be able to provide adequate healthcare to the less fortunate, as resources and precedence is given to those who have paid for private healthcare."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Crowley, Brian L. "Private Financing, Private Delivery. Two Tier Health Care?" Presentation to a National Healthcare Leadership Conference Panel. Atlantic Institute for Market Studies. May 27, 2002. Date accessed: 17 February, 2007. Available: http://www.aims.ca/healthcare.asp?typeID=3&id=333
• Gwyn, Richard. "Vision of a Two-Tier Canada Mean-Spirited." Toronto Star. Cited in the Atlantic Institute for Market Studies. August 20, 2000. Date accessed: 18 February, 2007. Available: http://www.aims.ca/equalization.asp?typeID=4&id=303.
• Walkom, Thomas. "Fixing Health Care: The Hard Lessons from Down Under." Toronto Star. Cited in Doctors Reform Society. March 25, 2000. Date accessed: 18 February, 2007. Available: http://www.drs.org.au/wwwboard/messages/672.html.

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