Thursday, January 12, 2006

For-profit medical clinics are to open in London, Toronto and Ottawa this summer

The London Free Press reports:
How would you like to buy a family doctor for $3,500?

More than 20,000 Londoners and 1.4 million Ontarians who lack that key first link into the health-care system might contemplate that as they head to walk-in clinics or linger in emergency departments.

By this summer, that thought could become a reality for residents of London, Toronto and Ottawa.

But there's a catch -- it won't come cheap.

Clients willing to shell out a $1,200 enrolment fee and yearly dues of $2,300 can become members of three for-profit medical clinics to open in those three cities this summer by Vancouver-based Copeman Healthcare Inc.

And founder Don Copeman said yesterday he'd like to open similar clinics across Canada in the next few years.
A grim moment for statist health care.Capitalism is really the longest road from socialism to socialism.