Strength in Numbers?

Or, maybe like Saskatchewan, a better deal when going alone?

Premiers of Canada's most populous provinces fired off a letter to the Feds on health funding.

But Saskatchewan's "deal" only gives them a one year reprieve.
Their argument is that private MRI clinics do not hurt the province's health care industry.
The federal government says they do.

And we all know the private clinics--long touted as enabling a two-tier health system--does not hurt the system (with the exception of the Feds' funding stance!  Because the feds make the rules, and have been known to take their bat and ball and go home.)

Look at it this way:
If the wealthy wish to access a private in-province clinic, they can.  And will.
If the wealthy wish to access a private out-of-province clinic, they can.  And will.
If the wealthy wish to access a private out-of-country clinic, they can.  And will.

The effect?
A shorter wait list for the un-wealthy is the consequence.

The unwealthy are all the other folks.
You and me and our neighbours.
The 99 per cent.

"Anyone with elementary math can understand that," Kia would've said.

Unless the feds continue tipping the "playing field", as they're wont to do...sideline deals, the feds' ultimate coercion weapon.

So, will Saskatchewan join the populous provinces within the next year?
We'll see whether the provinces' strength in numbers prevails.