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Health care's taking a backseat in this election. That's a missed opportunity, expert says
Health policy scholar Colleen Flood says Canadian voters should put party leaders’ 'feet to the fire' Jennifer Warren · CBC Radio ·...
Jennifer Warren
6 days ago1 min read
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Ontario’s Measles Outbreak Requires Much More Visible & Effective Public Health Response
Ontario Health Coalition, April 11, 2025 A stock photo shows measles symptoms, which typically appear seven to 21 days after exposure and...
Ontario Health Coalition
6 days ago2 min read
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Meet the so-called 'bed-blockers' in Ontario's hospitals
Some 'alternate-level-of-care' patients the government wants out of hospitals are bedbound with feeding tubes, gaping wounds and no...
Jack Hauen
Apr 132 min read
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Keep your blood money out of Ontario—why paid plasma donation is unethical
Violetta Zeitlinger Fontana │ March 8, 2024 │ Editorials, Signed Editorials Image by: Joseph Mariathasan Despite its potential for...
Violetta Zeitlinger Fontana
Apr 91 min read
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Fourteen-hour wait at Vaughan hospital highlights staffing crisis in Ontario
By Brandon Choghri Posted April 7, 2025 10:30 pm. Â Healthcare workers say GTA hospitals are understaffed and over capacity, leading to...
Brandon Choghri
Apr 92 min read
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‘It’s a golden ticket’: U.S. doctors explain the urge to come to Canada
By Katie Dangerfield Global News Posted April 4, 2025 4:00 am WATCH: As political tensions and health-care layoffs roil the United...
Katie Dangerfield
Apr 92 min read
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‘If we close, people die’: Rural Ontario hospitals await ER staffing certainty
Rural and northern Ontario hospitals are anxiously awaiting word from the provincial government on a program that helps them keep...
Allison Jones
Apr 71 min read
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Briefing of key issues in federal election
Thursday, April 10th, 7 p.m. via Zoom online presented by the Ontario Health Coalition Federal Election - Monday, April 28, 2025 We...
Ontario Health Coalition
Apr 31 min read
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Ontario: the biggest loser in primary care
Data analysis shows 240 family physicians left the profession in 2023 – highest number in recent history and much higher than any other...
Boris Kralj
Apr 22 min read
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‘I can’t do this’: Nurse practitioner burnout may be Ontario’s next health-care crisis
By Prisha Dev, Global News Posted March 29, 2025 4:00 am 1 in 3 nurse practitioners report experiencing burnout. NP Circle Survey 2025....
Prisha Dev
Mar 311 min read
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The Unpleasant Truth About the Canadian Healthcare System
Why do we still contend with extra healthcare charges in Ontario? 2023-11-15 by Tod Maffin Video Transcript: I'm in bed right now...
Tod Maffin
Mar 311 min read
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To make health care better, we must hold on to our rage
We have perhaps gotten too used to hearing about health care underfunding and staffing issues. But we can't afford to stop talking about...
Lisa Machado
Mar 292 min read
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Federal Election 2025: Vote Health Care
Canada’s public health care system is our most cherished achievement, but Medicare is under threat. by the Canadian Health Coalition...
Canadian Health Coalition
Mar 282 min read
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Why healthcare should be the ballot box issue this election
Mar 24, 2025 by  Joss Reimer Healthy Debate Canadians have a lot to worry about right now. We read news stories daily about the lack of...
Joss Reimer
Mar 282 min read
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Private surgical contracts drive up costs and wait times as real public hospital funding declines
Mar 26, 2025  Parkland Institute Andrew Longhurst EDMONTON, AB – As allegations of political interference and price gouging in private...
Andrew Longhurst
Mar 282 min read
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Let's defend the public health system at all costs
Nazila Bettache, Doctor at the University of Montreal Hospital Centre Posted on March 16 PHOTO HUGO-SÉBASTIEN AUBERT, LA PRESSE ARCHIVES...
Nazila Bettache
Mar 232 min read
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WEBINAR: Safe injection sites are under a major attack from the Ford government
Posted: March 21, 2025 Here is a recording and resources from our webinar on safe injection sites with DJ Larkin, Executive Director of...
Ontario Health Coalition
Mar 231 min read
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Hundreds of nurses rally outside Ontario hospitals to demand safer staffing levels
Hospital CEOs should implement registered nurse to patient ratios to improve workloads, union says Muriel Draaisma, Naama Weingarten ·...
Muriel Draaisma
Mar 212 min read
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Cancer patient left on the hospital floor for hours
His family has lodged a complaint with Ontario’s Patient Ombudsman. It’s just one of thousands. The Patient Ombudsman’s 2023-24 annual...
Megan Ogilvie
Mar 132 min read
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Health Coalition shocked and disappointed with court rulings in Bill 7 Charter Challenge and Orchard Villa case; vows to continue the fight to protect the rights of the elderly
March 13, 2025 Toronto – In a press conference this morning, the Ontario Health Coalition responded to court rulings in two cases...
Ontario Health Coalition
Mar 131 min read
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