Mass resignations are just another symptom of BC's failing public healthcare system. - This month, five neurologists are resigning their positions with Interior Health - Last October, all seven obstetricians and gynecologists at Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops resigned - That same month, four psychiatrists resigned from Vernon Jubilee Hospital - Seven pediatricians also resigned from Kelowna General Hospital between 2023 and 2025 An independent review published earlier this year described an atmosphere of "reduced trust" and "deteriorating working relations" between physicians and health authority leadership. Too bad for the doctors: our system makes it so that the local health authority is the only buyer of hospital doctors' labour. A doctor who rejects its terms can't work for a competing hospital; their only option is to quit. How do we fix this? There is a middle ground between our failing system and the US's crazy system. It's time for us to level up for everyone's benefit and look to more publicly funded, privately delivered care. In fact, that's how many of our peers do it: Australia, Sweden, Germany, the Netherlands, and Switzerland. Everyone will benefit from the more efficient allocation of resources and improved user experience that come with competition and incentive alignment. We're getting exactly what the system is built for. It's not going to magicaly improve. We need to change the system. End the government monopoly on healthcare. cbc.ca/news/canada/british-c…