N.S. premier says 'fear-mongering' misplaced over privatization of health care
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Nova Scotia NDP Leader Claudia Chender said on Wednesday the possibility of a private system overtaking the public one is always present.
"To indicate that there is no slide toward private health care is to willingly ignore the evidence," Chender said.
"When we say that we're concerned about a slip into private health care, what we're talking about is all of the existing ways in which people are right now paying to access health care," she added, pointing to the private, subscription-based clinic that recently opened in Dartmouth as an example.
"That includes the private clinic that's opened in Dartmouth, telemedicine and other ways in which Nova Scotians now, if they have the means, can pay for health care that others can't," she said. "That remains a concern for us."
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