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Ongoing threats to workplace rights and to Medicare itself brought 145 health care workers from Nova Scotia and Ontario to Halifax. Delegates gathered to discuss the issue and plan for the future.
Wendell Potter, who left a public relations career in US private health insurance, warned about the harm private healthcare can do to patients in pursuit of massive profits.
“I had a crisis of conscience when I was in a private company jet with gold cutlery and a 17-year old patient was denied a liver transplant,” said Wendell Potter. After that patient died, he knew he could no longer be part of the problem.
Several speakers at the conference held May 23-25 said Canada’s public system out-performs the American in nearly every way, including cost.
Panels discussed how certain federal policies could lead to privatization and drastic reductions in the quality of service in nearly every province.
