The National Post reports that private health care and home care "business is booming and expected to grow even more in the next decade." And the Americans are coming:
David Millman, who bought the rights to a Toronto franchise of a U.S.-based home care provider adds, "There is a lot of demand, especially with the government short of funds now".
dallan@cupe.ca
"The Canadian market is growing and will grow by another 25% at least over the next 10 years," says Peter Thompson, a franchise consultant with Plutus Consulting Group. There are already between 18,000 and 19,000 franchised private health firms in the United States -- a mature, saturated market, according to Mr. Thompson-- but the Canadian market is still in its infancy. That has companies south of the border looking to take advantage of the growing demand in and lack of well-established competition in the market. "The Americans are looking at the Canadian market and licking their chops," Mr. Thompson says. "It is a growing potential marketplace here."
David Millman, who bought the rights to a Toronto franchise of a U.S.-based home care provider adds, "There is a lot of demand, especially with the government short of funds now".
dallan@cupe.ca
As this excellent Saskatchewan CUPE ad states, for-profit clinics take dollars out of patient care and create staff shortages:
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