Jan. 20, 2026 Ontario Health Minister Sylvia Jones attends a news conference at the Michener Institute of Education in Toronto, Dec. 1, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young By Lhamo Dolkar and Doris Grinspun, Contributors Lhamo Dolkar is a practicing NP and the president of the Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario (RNAO). Dr. Doris Grinspun is RNAO’s chief executive officer.   Alberta’s push toward for-profit health care has been making headlines, drawing criticism and p

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

Ontario Health Coalition Urgent Briefing December 16, 2025  Alberta Premier Danielle Smith pictured speaking at a news conference earlier this year. (Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press) Alberta's government, led by Danielle Smith and the United Conservative Party, passed a new law, Bill 11 The Health Statutes Amendment Act, last week. With its passage the existential threat for public medicare in Canada is here. The new law sets up two-tier medicare and private health insuranc

Tracy Glynn, Canadian Health Coalition November 28, 2025 With unprecedented attacks on Canada’s public health care system, hear from frontline defenders of public health care in Ontario, Quebec, Alberta and B.C. who are using various strategies to protect Canada’s universal public health care system. From going to court to filing complaints, mobilizing experts and local activists, these champions of public health care are leading the charge for better Medicare.  Monday, Decem

Hospital News Published on November 27, 2025      New data from the Canadian Medical Association (CMA) show that Canadian physicians are sounding the alarm over government decisions threatening the health care system. The findings reveal doctors’ widespread concern about the impact on patient care, workforce stability and physician morale.   Recent government actions, such as Alberta’s Bill 26 and Quebec’s Bill 2, which interfere with doctors’ abilities to take care of their

Ontario Today with Amanda Pfeffer Nov. 26, 2025 The move by Alberta has raised a debate across Canada about whether the expansion of private options can fix long delays and wait lists. Here in Ontario, we’ve seen a growing number of private options even for primary care including subscription-based access to nurse practitioners and private clinics. There are online primary care options through sites like Maple.   In a bid to take on long surgery waitlists in hospitals, the Fo

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Extra-billing and user fees are banned under the Canada Health Act and Ontario’s Public Medicare protection laws, yet increasingly, the private clinics are charging patients with impunity, the Ontario Health Coalition reports.

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July 2, 2025 Bottom line: No centre can refuse an insured service to a patient who chooses not to purchase uninsured upgrades and no...

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