U ve phrase it in another way.. but unfortunately it is happening.. Not all cases are elective, may i remind u. Im not making this up.

Once a hospital has "FFP" they tend to give priority to them.
I ve seen it happen everyday... Eg, the emergency OT is used for FFP patient for an abscess while another patient with acute appendicitis will have to wait until next day with the reason "No OT available", or an MRI appointment for a patient with brain tumor gets a 2month later appointment while some FFP person gets his appointment next day at 8am for an MRI spine for back pain, and all the non-ffp patient who were given 8am appointment have to wait.