Could a for-profit sector that allows foreign patients to be cared for in Canadian hospitals be the financial cure for this country’s cash-strapped universal health care system?
That is the question being posed by a series of programs that have taken place, or continue to operate in Canadian hospitals.
Critics think that treating medical tourists for cash will open the door to a two-tiered system and are calling for a ban on the practise. Others say the money could benefit the system as a whole.
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