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Calgary clinic asks for nearly $5K a year for a 2-parent membership β€” and it's not the only one (www.cbc.ca)
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A Calgary clinic informed its clients it would be introducing a "membership-based medical service," running $4,800 a year for a two-parent family membership.

Such arrangements have been growing increasingly common in recent years, experts say.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)

People do not readily take advantage of this kind of service.

When there's truly no choice, though, people will pay.

But this is criminally a dick move.

[–] Arsisaria 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I'm not sure there's much to take advantage of. It's mostly rich dicks paying to avoid lines which aren't even that bad. There is not a "truly no choice" context in Calgary, since care is given based on need. Sure, go to the ER with a cut hand and you'll wait 24 hours, but a community clinic will be able to have you in within an hour most of the time. I remember as a teen I was very sick and was waiting at the ER of the children's and when my condition got worse, they immediately started taking care of me. It's a myth that anybody is any danger as a result of waiting for care.