Health care - the ongoing debate

"Canada's health system was ranked 30th overall by the World Health Organization, while the US ranked 37th. Countries like Austria, Holland, France, Switzerland and Germany rank in the top six, and deliver cost effective care to all without wait litst. Current BC legislation prevents us from adopting European models.
According to the Supreme Court of Canada, such laws are in violation of the Charter of Rights. Since this is playoff time, I will pose the question. "If we were the 30th-ranked hockey team, would we continually compare ourselves to the 37th ranked team? That seems to be the approach of the NDP in BC." Dr. Brian Day, an orthopedic surgeon, founder of the Cambie Surgery Centre.

Health care is a topic and everyone is a critic: the problems are clear and hotly debated but what are the solutions? We want and need health care. The current system available to us is compromised: we are told to wait despite the fact that we don't have options. Well I guess we do if we want to pay for it. But if that is the case then I want the option to opt-out. If the system cannot provide me with the care I think is necessary then I want to opt-out and I will pay for my own health insurance.
The problem is not the doctors or the nurses instead part of the problem is founded in the revenue wasted on administrators. Over the weekend I visited my brother who is a physician in Merritt. Several months ago, bureaucrats (4 or them) visited the hospital to test a computer program that would allow patients to enter information into a data base prior to admittance into the Emergency Room. It is a pilot project. While the four government administrators looked at the screen with pride the doctor on call and the nurse were hustling to meet the demands of the hospital. The administrators asked Dr. Simon to look at the 'new' system: a system they believed would reduce workload. Dr. Simon's comment, "Often, given this is an emergency room, it is not possible for a patient to fill out a form nor do we have the time to complete the form when there is a medical emergency. We quickly take down the patient's information and proceed with treatment." The comments did not deter the administrators. Dr. Simon returned to the group and stated, "Look around you. What do you see? One doctor and one nurse running around dealing with emergencies and the four of you sitting are in front of a screen telling us we can help you do your job. This system will not administer medicine or determine the prognosis and this is clearly the problem with our system. I would rather have another nurse on staff than an administrator who clearly has no idea what is needed to ensure this country has a viable health care system." This is the problem with our system.
Back to Dr. Day's point: legislation prevents us from adopting European models. What legislation? I don't think I could state this any clearer: we are paying for the system: taxpayers! This system exists because we pay for so if the system isn't working then we need to ensure that we have the proper individuals in place who will modify the system so that it works. If not I am opting-out! I am tired of hearing about the costs because it is irrelevant based on our contributions. We pay taxes in return for services: it cannot get any simpler than that yet our taxes go up and the services get cut.