: Left unstated in Donald Trump’s recurring exhortations for NATO members to increase their military spending seems to be the underlying U.S. economic rational: The United States, by far the world’s largest exporter of armaments, stands to profit mightily if allies spend more on their military.Security decisions driven by the interests of the military-industrial complex seem as wrong-headed today as when Eisenhower warned of this almost 60 years ago.
The B.C. government audited Mr. Day’s business after dozens of former patients complained that they’d been illegally overbilled. Mr. Day mobilized a lawsuit with other private clinics in response to the investigation. He has yet to pay back the money he was found to owe former patients.I believe that once a patient is admitted into Canada’s health-care system, they will receive excellent care. That is also the position argued by Brian Day.
The care I received under Dr. Day was superb, and the followup from his clinic was far greater that I expected. I thank him every day. Nothing prevents the government from pursuing more efficient ways of providing better care in the public system. But until they do so, I’ve found it is only the healthy who believe our current system is serving the needs of Canadians.Brian Day’s years-long battle to change medical-billing laws is coming to an end. If he wins, doctors who are paid by the public system will also be able to charge whatever they want in private clinics.
Our health-care system may not be perfect, but opening the door to a two-tier system, in which most doctors could cherry-pick their cases and leave complex cases to the public system, would be a disservice to patients and physicians.