Ontario Health Coalition 22 Jan 2026 In the context of Ontario’s public health care system under unprecedented stress, following years of austerity budgets and a global pandemic, powerful organizations have ramped up efforts to push for privatization.   Right-wing think tank push for privatized two-tier health care in Canada, among other policies.  They have aggressively pushed for the privatization of health care services and a two-tier system to address record-long wait tim

Ontario Health Coalition 22 Jan 2026 Pro-privatization groups, some of which are funded by or linked to right-wing American organizations and corporate interests, have turned to making false claims about two-tier European health care systems in their push to privatize. This tactic is an attempt to divert attention from the American health care system that the Canadian public generally knows more about and understands to be a failure. Nonetheless, Canadians are often subject t

By Ashley Newport, Lead Editor at INsauga.com Published January 20, 2026 at 4:22 pm     While health care can be–and is–delivered privately, publicly or through a two-tier system that utilizes both models, a recent poll of INsauga.com ’s readers suggests that, despite challenges with Canada’s universal health care system, people aren’t ready to embrace private options.   According to an informal online poll, 65 per cent of voters said they would not support more private healt

Saturday January 24                       10 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Sunday January 25                          9 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Central YMCA, 20 Grosvenor Street, Toronto You can come in person or join by Zoom. Everyone must register to attend.   Posted 8 Jan. 2026 By the Ontario Health Coalition       THIS IS OUR MOST IMPORTANT MEETING OF THE YEAR. Hear local coalitions from all over the province report in on the fightback. Learn what the Ford and Carney governments have planne

TORONTO - Sweeping changes to the childhood vaccine schedule in the U.S. are concerning doctors who say Canadian parents might get the false impression that it’s unsafe to immunize their children.  Jan. 6, 2026 By  Hannah Alberga, The Canadian Press TORONTO - Sweeping changes to the childhood vaccine schedule in the U.S. are concerning doctors who say Canadian parents might get the false impression that it’s unsafe to immunize their children.   Ontario Medical Association Pre

Don your scarves and pull your toques on tight. But is that winter frost or the bitter chill of progressive health policies put on ice?  Dec 18, 2025 by Maddi Dellplain        It’s been quite a year for Canadian health policy. Several controversial bills have come into play across the country, leaving many vulnerable patients and health-care workers wondering if they’ll be left out in the cold.   This month, Alberta yet again invoked  the “notwithstanding clause” to shield it

Friday, December 26, 2025. 12:22 PM EDT Canada needs reliable partners who are looking to science on subjects like vaccines, says Minister Marjorie Michel. Minister of Health Marjorie Michel rises during question period on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Monday, June 2, 2025. Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press By Sarah Ritchie, The Canadian Press   OTTAWA - Health Minister Marjorie Michel says she can no longer trust American health agencies as reliable partners.   Michel says Canada

Dec. 22, 2025 “Canada’s problem is not a lack of potential physicians, but a failure of planning and foresight,” writes Dr. Debakant Jena. Dreamstime By Debakant Jena Contributor Dr. Debakant Jena is chief of orthopedic surgery at Medicine Hat Regional Hospital, associate professor at the University of Calgary and a first-generation immigrant to Canada. In May, 96-year-old retired teacher Dorothy Lamont  placed a small classified ad in the Halifax Chronicle-Herald titled “See

December 11 2025 Canadian Health Coalition   Alberta has passed dangerous legislation  that threatens public health care across Canada.   What's happening:   Bill 11: The Health Statutes Amendment Act, 202 (No. 2 ) , allows doctors to charge unlimited fees at for-profit clinics for medically necessary procedures while also working in the public system. This is American-style health care that opens our system to private insurance corporations.   Alberta is creating two-tiered

By Codi Wilson Published: December 08, 2025 at 1:44 PM EST Ontario Health Minister Sylvia Jones speaks at a news conference on Monday, Dec. 8, 2025.   The province says early next year it will be issuing licences to four new community surgical and diagnostic centres to perform orthopedic surgeries in Ontario.   The move is part of the Ford government’s plan to spend $125 million over the next two years to ramp up orthopedic surgeries at private clinics , allowing the centres

Ontario is facing a startling rise in infectious diseases, and public health inspectors say they know who to blame — Premier Doug Ford’s government.  Public health nurse Betty Wu-Lawrence (left) and public health inspectors Merima Kostecki (centre), and Chris Eaton (right) speak to reporters at Queen's Park. Photo: CUPE by Richie Assaly November 26, 2025   Frontline public health workers are sounding the alarm about the state of sexually transmitted infections, waterborne il

By Iris Gorfinkel Contributor Iris Gorfinkel is a family physician and clinical researcher in Toronto. Nov. 27, 2025 Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, left, and Matt Jones, minister of hospitals, make a health-care announcement in Calgary on Friday. Smith has said, “Health care shouldn’t be about blind and outdated ideologies or politics.” Writes Iris Gorfinkel: “Let’s hope she wasn’t referring to universal public health care.” Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press Ontarians need to

CBC News | 20 Nov 2025 A new analysis from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives looked at 25 countries and found those with more privatized health care fared worse on seven mortality indicators. The report comes as several provinces pursue privatizing some health-care services. Mortality and health care privatization: A comparison between countries Written by Anne Plourde , Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives "The main finding of this analysis is unequivocal: there

Polls indicate approximately 80% of Ontarians think the Ford government is doing a poor or very poor job on health care. Posted November 13, 2025 by the Ontario Health Coalition   When:         Saturday January 25 from 10 am - 4:30 pm                      Sunday January 26 from 9 am - 12:30 pm Where:        Central YMCA, 20 Grosvenor Street, Toronto & virtually via Zoom (see below) Featuring keynote speaker: Author, journalist, social activist Linda McQuaig   Come and hear wh

The decision to have a universal public health care system is always political. ~ Professor Allyson Pollock, 2016

More than 160 people filled the Public Galleries to watch the Opposition ask the Health Minister and Premier why their government has done nothing to investigate the formal complaint that we filed last June with 50 patients who were extra-billed in private clinics.

When the OHIP claim for a newborn dying at a Toronto-area hospital was rejected, Dr. Jane Healey faced a difficult choice: forgo her pay or ask the grieving parents to go stand in line at Service Ontario.

2025-10-20 | Ontario Health Coalition Please share widely OHC ACTION ALERT Sign the petition and get as many signatures as we can before the deadline The Canada Health Act is like a bill of rights for patients. It protects us against privatization by banning user fees, extra-billing of patients (billing OHIP and charging patients on top) and two-tier medicare where the rich buy care and middle income earners, seniors, and low income earners get pushed back, or have to go with

CBC Mon, September 8, 2025 at 4:00 a.m. EDT Fatima Sheikh's research focuses on social determinants of health, which she says should be...

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