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@hamishb@mstdn.ca @zazzoo@mstdn.ca Here's the thing, in a vacuum, and when dealing with a commodity, that would be a rational response: we've got fewer "medical human resources", we need to make it so they do more. But that's a false premise. 1. As you point out, these aren't resources, these are human beings. 2. There continues to be an issue of government administrations that have a stake in privatization shaping this issue. 3. I'd say most important, and lacking in the debate, this doesn't address the compositional change of medical issues between when #Canada's #Healthcare system was created vs. today. When Healthcare was setup in the 1950's the overwhelming majority of medical issues were emergent in nature, that is to say injuries and accidents. Today the majority of care goes to chronic issues - cancer, degenerative conditions, etc. - in which outcomes are a lot murkier than "bone broken vs. not broken", including a factor difficult to measure: quality of life. Fundamental reforms are needed. #CDNPoli #ONPoli