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"The devil is in the detail."

That's an old idiom when it comes to Ontario Premier Doug Ford's latest health-care initiative, which would see routine surgeries like hip and knee replacements moved from hospitals to private clinics, the CBC reports.

The Progressive Conservative government, which came to power last year, says the move would save money, reduce wait times, and improve outcomes for patients.

But critics say the plan could end up like the US.

"That if we do this we will end up like the United States where the wealthy pay for quick, top-notch treatment while those without insurance try to find a way to budget for an operation or simply opt to live' or diewith a condition they can't afford to have fixed," writes Ian Pattison in a column for the Toronto Star.

"Who wouldn't want that for their aging parent, an ailing child, themself?" says Anthony Dale, president of the Ontario Hospital Association.

Dale tells the Canadian Press that private surgical centers will have to show they won't take away hospital staff, and doctors who work in the new system will have privileges at the hospital.

But not everyone is buying it.

"What's to stop health professionals working in our busy hospitals from

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