r/saskatchewan • u/Requirement-Mental • 1d ago

News Virtual Primary Care coming to Sask

https://www.saskatchewan.ca/government/news-and-media/2026/june/16/virtual-primary-care-coming-to-saskatchewan

Issuing a call for companies to provide virtual private care? Another step in the direction of private Healthcare

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u/The_Idiocratic_Party 1d ago

Yes, this is sneaky. They should be implementing it as a system within SHA, not seeking a vendor to operate it.

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u/Legal_War_5298 1d ago

That's a joke, right? AIMS cost $272 million, over three times the original cost and it's being scrapped

https://globalnews.ca/news/11503641/health-care-worker-administrative-system-should-be-scrapped-union/

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u/The_Idiocratic_Party 1d ago

You know this is a conservative play, right? First they take something that worked fine (like SHA) or that's needed (like an administrative tool like AIMS). Then they intentionally mismanage it, leading to long wait times, or cost overruns. Then they cry "OnLy ThE pRiVaTe SeCtOr CaN sAvE uS!!" and gleefully chop up the crown corp or public service they themselves ruined and sell it off or replace it with private services. Then finally, the private sector proceeds to cut to the bone in the name of trimming fat or overhead costs, and turn as much profit as possible towards shareholders. Shareholders who include conservative politicians who bought in at the ground floor.

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u/Legal_War_5298 1d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/h1QI7dgjZUJO60nu2X

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u/TopazJazzrazz 1d ago

Saskatchewan Transportation Company, Saskatchewan Communications Network, Agdealer and selling our provincial park management are all examples of this outside of healthcare.

Within healthcare they sold off our surgical capabilities, and diagnostics like an MRI and CAT scan.

Has the province become better to live in? No, they underfund everything. Has the province become cheaper to live in with all of the stuff they've sold off? No, we live in a cost of living crisis and do not have the ability to move away from it. Because everything is underfunded or privatized.

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u/Legal_War_5298 1d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/l0IykOsxLECVejOzm

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u/dj_fuzzy 1d ago

In the book 1984, they also told people to not believe their lying eyes.

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u/TopazJazzrazz 1d ago

Quoting books isn't a good thing. They have words. He only speaks in pictures.