Private Health Care

I have noticed more and more procedures and check ups that had previously been done at St. Paul's Hospital in Vancouver are now being referred to private clinics and labs. This is most disturbing. Most of us are not concerned with billing and how the government pays for our services, but my intuition is telling me that we should be asking questions.

My husband had an eye appointment with a doctor who seemed more concerned with getting through her workload before she took her holiday than really being present with her patient.

What is evolving is private medicine funded by public monies. Where is the quality assurance when the end user/ the patient is not paying for the service?

Just a thought from the faerieshaman.....