[jdietrich]

It's not a zero-sum game, there aren't a finite number of hospitals and doctors. 26% of our doctors are immigrants. Immigrants pay tax, which we can spend on more hospitals and doctors. They're disproportionately young, so they have a disproportionately low need for healthcare. Immigrants are part of the solution, not part of the problem.

We simply don't spend enough on healthcare. We have an ageing population with increasing medical needs, but our spending hasn't increased commensurately. As more people reach retirement age, the ratio of workers to pensioners falls. We don't want to pay more in tax, so inevitably we'll end up spreading our resources more thinly.