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

Watchdog Shelley Spence diagnosed a lack of effort to crack down on an estimated $1 billion in potential overcharges by physicians — including 59 who billed for more than 24 hours in a day.   Dec. 2, 2025 By Rob Ferguson Queen’s Park Bureau, and Robert Benzie Queen’s Park Bureau Chief Ontario’s auditor general Shelley Spence speaks to media following the release of her annual report at the Ontario legislature in Toronto, on Dec. 2, 2025. Sammy Kogan/The Canadian Press   Premi

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

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

The Canada Health Act bans user fees and extra-billing, but it only works if we demand that the federal government enforces it so that provinces that violate the bans are shamed into coming back into compliance.

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.

It began as a light-hearted quip. “Call 1-800-Doug Ford … doctors, come see us,” Ontario Premier Doug Ford told Quebec physicians frustrated by the Legault government’s new doctor-compensation law.

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.

If the Ford government fails to improve health-care funding, 7,263 nurses could be cut by 2027-28, further worsening Ontario’s number of nurses per capita.

Finance minister says funding increase will free up hospital beds   Allison Jones · The Canadian Press · Posted: Oct 27, 2025 12:01 PM EDT Ontario Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy announced the province will be increasing home care funding by $1 billion over three years, which he says amounts to an 8% funding increase. (The Canadian Press) Ontario Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy has announced that as part of the upcoming fall economic statement, the province will be in

Service reductions and bed closures will be considered only if lower-risk measures exhausted: ministry Allison Jones · The Canadian Press · Posted: Oct 20, 2025 2:03 PM EDT Ontario's Ministry of Health tasked hospitals to plan to balance their budgets within three years, assuming annual funding increases of two per cent — half of what they have received in recent years. (Patrick Morrell/CBC News) Ontario's Ministry of Health has tasked hospitals struggling with deficits to co

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

At stake is our public medicare, health services and funding in our local public hospitals. Don’t let Ford destroy them.

Hospitals struggling to bring in more money without hitting patients' pocketbooks, association says Allison Jones · The Canadian Press · Posted: Oct 08, 2025 'Hospitals are facing kind of a multitude of complex challenges,' says Melissa Prokopy with the Ontario Hospital Association. The organization is asking the province to increase funding for hospitals in the province to cover a $1 billion deficit. (Nicole Osborne/The Canadian Press) Ontario hospitals need an additional $1

2025-10-04 Waterloo Region Health Coalition It was a warm, sunny Saturday morning – a wonderful day for a rally. AND RALLY WE DID!  ...

Canadian Union of Public Employees Oct 2, 2025 Doug Ford has once again put Ontario homecare patients last. His announcement on Friday of...

Natalie Mehra, Executive Director, Ontario Health Coalition 2025-09-22 At this point, the Ford government knows that seniors are being...

Ontario eyes more powers for health professionals TORONTO - Ontario is looking at giving several types of health professionals more...