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Originally Posted by theman23
How would federalization change this? If there aren't doctors willing to move to New Brunswick, the federal government wont be able to force them.
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It's not about doctors being in NB or not--there are lots of doctors in the province. The problem is that the government requires two different doctors to sign off on the procedure as "medically necessary" before it can be done, which is a barrier that doesn't exist elsewhere. Nor will the province fund a private clinic, making it the only province in Canada with no funding for private clinics.
That's just one consequence of provincially administered health systems. There are others, but personally, I've lived in six provinces, and it's onerous to always be changing health coverage.