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OneLessFool t1_jdkbd1i wrote

Reply to comment by Derpazor1 in [OC] Number of physicians per 1000 residents by giteam

It's insane because a little over 40 years ago we had over 6 doctors per 1000. But we collectively decided to vote in austerity lovers at the federal and provincial level like Mulroney and Chrétien. We stopped expanding the number of med school positions and residencies to match population growth. We stopped investing in public assets, stopped building public housing, sold off lucrative and beneficial public assets to "balance the budget" one random year every few years. The end result is a housing and healthcare system in rapid decline.

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DeathMetal007 t1_jdlsafk wrote

Why does the government control this? Do lawyers or nurses in training have to be accounted for? No. So why docs. It makes no sense. So hospitals pay for Physician Assistants instead because docs are too expensive because they are limited by the government, thus perpetuating the cycle. The government shouldn't be where that gets decided.

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