Canada Public Healthcare vs. Private Healthcare | Medicare

The system we have now is a single tier Medicare system that is in desperate need of reform. Why? Patients are suffering and dying waiting for care. The lack of action on part of the government is doing nothing more then making the transition from public healthcare to a Private one rather easy. If you had many experiences with the present system it is not hard to understand why. The Canadian Medical Association supports the principle that when timely access to care cannot be provided by the public health-care system the patient should be able to utilize private health insurance to reimburse the cost of care obtained by the private sector. At this point, they are now paying for private care to ease the burden on the public system. I cannot see this as the future response to the problem. Eventually, we will need to get some type of insurance to pay for this ourselves.
At first, the Private system will seem to have many benefits for us. Response time will be amazing and the care we receive will be great. What will happen when it comes time for us to pay the bill ourselves? Will Canadians be able to afford healthcare? What will happen to the middle class income? It would be good if they lower our taxes to compensate that we have to pay for our own healthcare. But will that happen? The government will keep taking our hard earned dollars and we will be forced to pay for insurance. I am all for private healthcare if the taxes decrease in reflection to paying for our own healthcare. However, I am very skeptical of that happening. We will end up paying for insurance and our inflated taxes will keep coming out of our paychecks.

There are many unanswered questions that need to be asked on this topic. Please post your concerns and comments.