O-tac
Senior Member
Isn't this a private building used for medical services, which is the same for almost every non-hospital/AHS asset such as your family doctor office, dentist, any specialist clinic, etc. These are built all the time with private dollars and are different from hospitals.
Charter surgical facilities are not "private care". They're privately operated, but everyone has access to the facilities through AHCIP. They're also not allowed to bill you for insured services, like most surgeries. But they can charge you for things like private rooms or other add-ons, just like the hospital. It's essentially the same as most family medicine practices. They exist in hospitals, but doctors open private clinics that then bill the public system for the services they provide.
Problem is since the UCP decided to divert surgeries to these clinics the overall wait time has increased for anyone in the public stream as evidenced by the lower amount of hip replacements that have occurred since the change. Private facilities just poach doctors and nurses and anesthesiologists from hospitals.




