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Private Healthcare Creep: 35% (Rev 1)

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Track
AI Track
RIPPLE variable
private_healthcare_share
AI intensity
0.50
Analyses
0
Votes
0

Rationale

Provincial experiments with private surgical clinics and diagnostic centres push private share to 35%. The controversial lever: private_healthcare_share -> clinician_migration_rate (+0.30, d2) — doctors move to higher-paying private sector. Also: healthcare_workforce_capacity (-0.20, immediate) + healthcare_wait_times (-0.15, d4). Shorter private waits but public workforce drain.

Details

Epoch: 39

Domain: healthcare

Fiscal cost estimate (LLM): $6.48B CAD

Structural estimate (RIPPLE): +$6.47B CAD net (v3-bfs-signed depth=2, decay=0.5/hop; agrees)

Top RIPPLE cost paths
  • +$5.58B → healthcare_spending (Healthcare Spending) via pharmacare_coverage_gap_population
  • +$0.90B → employer_drug_benefit_cost (Annual Employer Drug Benefit Expenditure) via private_healthcare_share
  • −$0.01B → pharmacare_federal_budget_remaining (Pharmacare Federal Budget Remaining) via pharmacare_coverage_gap_population

Causal effects: 4 downstream variables affected (2 immediate)

Divergence after: 301.139

Variable changes

  • private_healthcare_share: 30 → 35

Chamber amendment (round 1): Mandate that 20% of private clinic capacity be reserved for federally funded newcomer health programs.

Proposed policy move

Targets private_healthcare_share.

Decision trail

Chamber verdict: Pending

Round 1

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