This legislation formalizes queue-jumping for those who can pay out of pocket or with private insurance for self-referred testing in order to jump to the front of the line for treatment. It is also a move designed to feed the for-profit health care industry and create a market for private health insurance products.
In a situation where there is constraints on the supply of a service, letting people who pay more jump to the front of the line doesn’t magically loosen the constraint. It just makes it cost more for the same service.
I see you’re using logic, here. That kind of talk will NOT fly in Edmonton, you realize.
Not when the pretty girl from UnitedHealth or whatever PBM company is buying dinner!