So, instead of helping to support local, independent grocers survive against Sobeys, Loblaws, and Metro, they’re inviting further foreign control over our food infrastructure?
Yeah, well, if the gov’t hadn’t allowed Loblaws to buy Shoppers, etc we might not be in this bad of shape.
No different than the CRTC allowing Rogers to buy Shaw, etc etc and now the top 3 telecoms control the whole gd market.
When gov’ts forgot their primary purpose is to serve all of the people - not just the corps or rich people - is the day we started sinking into the current quagmire.
It’s actually more complicated than this article makes it out to be. One quirk of the US health system is that Medicare and Medicaid (tradition FFS) often reimburse below cost. That leaves other insurers on the hook to pay more. This is why Bernie’s M4A would have raised reimbursement rates from Medicare to healthcare providers. Basically, our dysfunctional government has bred a dysfunctional reimbursement system. You can look it up yourself, since healthcare providers are required to post prices now. Check the cost of different services by payer.
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