"About 6.5Mil Canadians — roughly 1 in 6 — don't have access 2 prime medical care.
It’s a problem that puts their health @ greater risk & renders the entire public health-care system less efficient than it could be, both economically & in terms of the quality of care 4 every1.
In other words, if we can fix the shortage of family physicians, we can save lives & $$." #cdnpoli
While true, this commonplace #Green thinking ignores the needs of the many handicapped or frail elderly people or stressed-out parents with several younger kids who already feel guilty about spending too little time with their family.
Using public transport in off-peak times often doubles or triples travelling times + involves quite some walking.
Furthermore, in rural areas, #PublicTransport is mostly too rare and often too expensive due to low population density.