Quebec payments to private health care agencies explode
Billions of dollars are being spent in private health-care agencies in Quebec, according to a new study published by the Fédération des travailleurs et travailleuses du Québec .
“It’s totally out of this world, basically they’re making a ton of money,” said Vincent Marissal, Québec solidaire’s health critic. The study states that in the past six years, the province has doled out $3 billion to private health-care agencies. Annual costs went from $1.7 billion in 2016 to $9.1 billion in 2022.
“You know that 33 per cent of these $3 billion are going directly in the pockets of the owners of those agencies. I’m pretty sure that those people can buy condos, boats and a lot of [things] with our health system,” said Magali Picard, president of the FTQ.
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