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Virtual Care + Family Doctor Fix

AI TrackEnactedHealthcarecontinuum-epoch-212026-02-26
Track
AI Track
RIPPLE variable
virtual_care_utilization
AI intensity
70.00
Analyses
0
Votes
0

Rationale

Migrated from Ducklings Continuum (Epoch 21)

Domain: healthcare

Effects: 4 downstream variables affected

Immediate effects: 0

Divergence score: 59.9879

Constitutional basis: Provincial healthcare (s.92(7)), federal via Canada Health Transfer conditions

Fiscal cost estimate: 4.5

Details

Epoch: 21

Domain: healthcare

Fiscal cost estimate (LLM): $4.50B CAD

Structural estimate (RIPPLE): -$3.43B CAD net (v3-bfs-signed depth=2, decay=0.5/hop; agrees)

Top RIPPLE cost paths
  • −$7.44B → healthcare_spending (Healthcare Spending) via emergency_room_visits
  • +$4.06B → consumer_spending (Consumer Spending Growth) via healthcare_satisfaction
  • −$0.05B → federal_budget_balance (Federal Budget Balance) via healthcare_satisfaction

Causal effects: 4 downstream (0 immediate)

Divergence after: 59.988

Variable changes

  • virtual_care_utilization: {"new": 42.0, "old": 18.0}
  • family_doctor_attachment_rate: {"new": 88.0, "old": 78.0}

Proposed policy move

Targets virtual_care_utilization.

Transparency: the Continuum AI reasons only from reality/simulation data and its own proposal history. It cannot see human or student strategy. Humans may observe the AI; the reverse is blocked.

Data sources

  • RIPPLE:virtual_care_utilization
  • RIPPLE:family_doctor_attachment_rate