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Health care budget increase for 2024-25 is below the cost of inflation at 1.3
Ontario pledges almost $50 billion over 10 years for health care in 2024 budget. The province is also committing to build 58,000 new...
Barbara Patrocinio
Mar 27, 2024
Giant Protest & March: The fightback is on to save public health care
Posted: March 18, 2024 Thursday May 30 12 pm noon The Fightback is On Either we save our public medicare now, or we are going to lose it...
Ontario Health Coalition
Mar 20, 2024
Want more family doctors in Ontario? Pay them better, say physicians
Inflation has outpaced average OHIP billings, prompting some doctors to opt out of family practice Mar 11, 2024 As the number of people...
Mike Crawley
Mar 11, 2024
‘Health care in this province sucks’
Hundreds wait for chance to get doctor in Kingston, Ont. Shane Gibson, Global News Posted February 28, 2024 5:02 pm Updated February 29,...
Shane Gibson
Mar 3, 2024
Are these private-pay health care clinics legal? The minister of health won't say
Some new clinics are taking advantage of the family doctor shortage to charge patients February 29, 2024 A new private medical clinic in...
Jessica Smith Cross
Feb 29, 2024
Massive new survey finds widespread frustration with access to primary health care
OurCare Initiative finds primary care is the top concern as 6 million people go without a family doctor CBC News · Posted: Feb 27, 2024 A...
John Paul Tasker
Feb 29, 2024
'Beyond crisis levels': Why Ontario doctors are fleeing family medicine
The Ontario Medical Association is sounding the alarm about the increasing number of family physicians leaving practice. By Megan Ogilvie...
Megan Ogilvie
Feb 17, 2024
One in four Ontario residents could be without a family doctor by 2026
Many family doctors poised to leave practices if no action from government, says Ontario Medical Association. Published Feb 15, 2024 A...
Elizabeth Payne
Feb 15, 2024
Nurse Practitioners not covered by OHIP
Ontario clinic’s direct billing highlights grey area around nurse practitioners By Don Mitchell Global News Posted February 13, 2024 A...
Don Mitchell
Feb 14, 2024
Ontario health care: Could my family doctor 'de-roster' me if I go to a walk-in or use Maple?
Some patients are worried that visiting a walk-in clinic or using virtual care services could impact ties to their family doctor Fri,...
Elianna Lev
Feb 12, 2024
You deserve to see a doctor
We need to act now so people in Ontario can get care when they need it. OMA News release Jan. 29, 2024 Ontario’s doctors warn of...
Ontario Medical Association
Feb 4, 2024
Doc closing practice over 'systemic' issues amid family medicine 'crisis'
'I remain disappointed at the lack of serious reforms to improve primary care, despite the government rhetoric,' says doctor of hurdles...
Andrew Philips
Jan 26, 2024
Can you remember the last time health care wasn’t in crisis?
OPINION: I can't remember the last time the system was functioning well. Who knows how bad it'll have to get before somebody does...
Matt Gurney
Jan 20, 2024
Family doctors are sick and tired. That's a big problem.
We don't want to find out what happens if family doctors start leaving the province — or the profession. TVO Today Dec 18 2023 Our...
Matt Gurney
Dec 19, 2023
Got a beef about primary care in Ontario? You’re not alone
Ontarians deserves access to timely primary care — and a means to have their complaints heard and resolved when they don’t receive it. By...
Star Editorial Board
Nov 22, 2023
Is a Walk-in Visit Worth the Risk of Being Removed from the Family Doctor Wait-list?
CBC News · Posted: Nov 22, 2023 4:00 AM EST | Last Updated: November 22 Charlotte Coates says she was rostered to a doctor without her...
Robyn Miller
Nov 22, 2023
Lessons from a city that solved the family doctor shortage
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-lessons-from-a-city-that-solved-the-family-doctor-shortage/ Psst: Don’t tell anyone, but...
André Picard
Oct 22, 2023
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