“(Health care) privatization advocates argue that for-profit models reduce wait times and fast-track treatment. But the lure of efficiency and convenience obscures trade-offs like medical debt and d2026minished quality of care. In practice, privatization prioritizes profits over people. It shifts care from a duty to a transaction, exploiting people at their most vulnerable. . .This ultimately puts patients in the hands of private insurers who dictate coverage and treatment options based on cost rather than need, often trapping patients and their families in a Faustian bargain. There are countless stories of patients asking who will pay for their care before they’re intubated; families choosing to pay their mortgage instead of health insurance; others refinancing their home to keep a loved one alive. . . When health becomes a commodity, and access to care is governed by market forces, illness is no longer a shared social risk, but an individual burden.”—said Sara Black McCulloch, a Toronto writer who was diagnosed with cancer twice before she was 35 and worries about the overall future of the system, The Toronto Star July 3 2026
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