Is the Edmonton Palliative Care Program financed through the Canadian national health system?
All the services I’ve described, including the home care services although limited are covered. There’s a nominal charge for being in one of the continuing palliative care units $15 a day which, for most people, is way less than they would get in pension money in any event. So for most people, that nominal cost is not a hardship. There are some gaps in any system. For example, although it is a nominal cost, if the patient is relatively young not in the seniors group and has a family and a mortgage, then that nominal cost can be a burden. Also, there are hidden costs with being at home, in terms of some dressings, or the tubing of pain pumps, or perhaps some sort of technical thing that may not be covered 100 percent by insurance. It also sounds like the hospitals or hospices, since you have various entities are not in financial competition with one another. Is that correct? There’s absolutely no financial competition among any of these institutions. All of the hospices have plenty of w
