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| Our son Clark was born on November 16, 2009- just a few days ago. From the few days I spent at the hospital, being stressed and coming and going, I was witness to the supposedly ‘public’ British Columbian healthcare system- coordinated by the government for the greater good. However, I saw no 'public' healthcare system per se at work- instead I something observed else, something much more subtle. Yet again, this is a case of the stream taking credit for the fountainhead. Our son was not delivered via c-section by a specialist team of ‘public’ doctors and nurses. No, he was brought into the world via the expertise and ten of thousands of hours of training of specific individuals- namely, Dr. Wilson and Dr. Hignell- and through the funding provided by the productive efforts of millions of taxpayers. The drugs that brought my wife comfort- were they from a government run drug organization? No, they came from a major pharmaceutical corporation. To make a long story short, from the ‘GE Health’ lanyards that I saw to the advice of our doctors and nurses- the government owned none of it and it can only take credit for the coordination, and even that is done by coercive default. The sustained, reasoned efforts of millions of people went into the delivery of our son. I do not and cannot give the government credit for it. I understand the egalitarian spirit of public healthcare, yet I cannot forgive how it co-opts all the individual efforts that make it possible. Remove government from the equation and all the same resources remain save an atrocious hospital parking policy. Thank you. | ||||
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