usexpat97
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My experience with OHIP is, they will bureaucracy you to death (sometimes literally). It can be hard to find a regular doctor. Even harder to find a good doctor who is accepting new patients. If the doctor refuses to even refer you, that can quickly become part of the big bureaucracy machine, stonewalling you from getting treated. So in a way, I think doctors in the Canadian system should have to refer you. They are working within the provincial umbrella; not just for themselves.
If Canada wants to change their abortion policy, then that needs to go through the people, through the front door, openly and honestly--not by red taping people to death. Abortion is hardly the first healthcare need (or want) they have where they've done this red tape rubbish to people. Enough with the games.
Case in point: immigration. What if the doctor disagrees with immigration? Maybe they think Canada has too many Asians. Should he get to refuse treatment or referral to those immigrants whom he doesn't think should be there? Because that is by no means a hypothetical scenario: that is pretty much exactly what the driver's license office does whenever certain immigrants apply for an OHIP card.
If Canada wants to change their abortion policy, then that needs to go through the people, through the front door, openly and honestly--not by red taping people to death. Abortion is hardly the first healthcare need (or want) they have where they've done this red tape rubbish to people. Enough with the games.
Case in point: immigration. What if the doctor disagrees with immigration? Maybe they think Canada has too many Asians. Should he get to refuse treatment or referral to those immigrants whom he doesn't think should be there? Because that is by no means a hypothetical scenario: that is pretty much exactly what the driver's license office does whenever certain immigrants apply for an OHIP card.
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