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"Our priority should be strengthening the Canada Health Act, not dismantling it. The numbers simply do not lie: fully integrated, single-payer, publicly funded healthcare is the absolute bedrock of population longevity. Spain's stellar health outcomes were long attributed to diet, but privatization efforts showed a negative impact on life expectancy trends. The US demonstrated the exact opposite: when public infrastructure like MEDICARE was introduced, life expectancy for that group climbed. Australia and Switzerland serve as cautionary tales, private tiers have not solved access issues in Australia, and Switzerland’s model remains exorbitantly expensive compared to its European peers. Trading a universal public system for a multi-tiered private one means paying a premium to live with longer periods of disability and shorter lifespans. Dismantling our public safety net under the guise of "innovation" is nothing short of "social murder."" Martha Garcia, CEO, Foresight Links Corporation on LinkedIn