Already we are seeing the following: hospital beds being closed; downsizing in emergency; food, laundry, and other so-called non-core services being privatized; hospitals sending patients home who are still in need of care that they often have to pay for out of their own pockets; long-established medical services being de-insured or scaled back; and co-payments and premiums being increased.
Nous observons déjà les phénomènes suivants: fermeture de lits d'hôpitaux; compression des services d'urgence; privatisation des services alimentaires, de blanchisserie et d'autres services dits non essentiels; renvoi à la maison de malades nécessitant encore des soins qu'ils doivent souvent payer de leur propre poche; désassurance ou réduction des services médicaux établis depuis longtemps; augmentation des cotisations et des primes.
