"Too troubling to have a two-tiered system"

Theresa Babb says she's probably the exact kind of patient a newly opened private health clinic is looking for. She was one of the many thousands of Nova Scotians who have gone to an emergency department only to leave without being seen. And she says she could afford the fees for a monthly membership and for the consultation with a nurse. But she says it's not likely something she'll ever do again. The Dartmouth woman says it was unlike any other health care visit she's had. And it worries her that in the face of a broken health care system, we are heading towards the slippery slope of a system where people who can afford it, can be treated more quickly.