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Shared by Anonymous · November 3, 2026

Hi. I saw you Facebook post asking for feedback on health care access to publicly funded services. 
I was forced to pay for an MRI because I couldn't get one for 1.5 years. The private one was a 2 week wait. Same place. Mayfair diagnostics. It cost me $1000. 

My husband needs regular pelvic/ abdominal MRI's to screen for a hereditary cancer syndrome. It used to be booked a couple months after he's seen his specialist. He got one that was booked a full year after he needed it. 

Finding cancers early makes them more likely to be cured. It also saves money to treat patients early on in the disease process that to see them in advanced stages of disease. 

This government is incompetent and needs to be held accountable. People are dying. Health care professionals are burning out. Our public system is in shambles. Her plan to destroy public health care and then bring in private American style health care is working. 


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