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Patients before paperwork: Leveraging AI as a tool in primary care
Jun 23, 2025 by Elliott Wong The numbers for family medicine paint a bleak picture. • By 2026, it is estimated that 4.4 million...

Elliott Wong
Jun 27


Local health care advocate 'shocked' by $225 bill at private clinic
Thunder Bay Health Coalition president Jules Tupker says he's one among hundreds of people across Ontario who have made complaints about...

Alicia Anderson
Jun 19


Need a family doctor? Six tips from physicians for finding one in Ontario
Amid an worsening shortage of family physicians in the province, here are ways you can still find a family doctor. Kevin Jiang, staff...

Kevin Jiang
Jun 18


Enforce the Canada Health Act – stop user charges for patients!
Call on the Government of Canada to uphold and enforce the Canada Health Act and take all possible measures to stop the Ford government from violating it.

Ontario Health Coalition
Jun 18


Most Ontarians support single-payer health care: poll
Marc Benoit Published Jun 12, 2025 Canadian Union of Public Employees researcher Doug Allen explained how most Ontarians strongly support...

Marc Benoit
Jun 14


Most people in Waterloo Region face reduced access to privatized hospital services: new report
Polling shows 72 per cent of people in Western Ontario say it’s unacceptable for private clinics to charge patients CUPE Ontario, June...

CUPE Ontario
Jun 14


As Ontario pumps millions into private health care, public health will continue to suffer
June 5, 2025 “Governments get ensnared into a vicious cycle of their own making: The longer waits grow, the more pressure builds for them...

Iris Gorfinkel
Jun 10


‘There is something wrong’: Patients say they are paying out of pocket for cataract surgeries at private clinics
In Ontario, patients getting cataract surgery at private clinics pay up to thousands of dollars for operations advocates say should be...

Nathan Bawaan
Jun 8


Rise in for-profit agency nurse costs in Ontario hospitals 'exorbitant,' says researcher
Hospitals turn to staffing agencies when they can't fill shifts, which further exacerbates staffing shortages Amina Zafar · CBC News ·...

Amina Zafar
May 12


Situation Critical
Don't be fooled into thinking that American tariffs are the major election issue. The threat to Public Medicare has never been more...

Waterloo Region Health Coalition
Feb 9


Situation Critical
Don’t believe what Ford says - look at what they’ve done For more than a hundred years, Ontarians have donated, paid our taxes,...

Ontario Health Coalition
Jan 24


What does OHIP cover?
Which patient charges are allowed and which are not allowed? Posted: November 14, 2024 The Ontario Health Coalition is sharing...

Ontario Health Coalition
Nov 25, 2024


UNDER THE SKIN: How private clinics are embedding illegal user fees into our health care
Free webinar on Wednesday, November 13 at 7:00 pm via Zoom with Ontario Health Coalition executive director, Natalie Mehra Join our...

Ontario Health Coalition
Nov 11, 2024


Stand up for seniors who suffered and died in for-profit LTC
This GoFundMe is for our court challenge to the Ford government's decision to reward Orchard Villa with a planned new 30-year license and...

Ontario Health Coalition
Nov 3, 2024


Poorest Ontarians are less likely to access cataract surgeries
Aug. 26, 2024 As more cataract surgeries move to private clinics, more low-income Ontarians are being left behind, study finds Canadian...

Kenyon Wallace
Oct 23, 2024


For-profit privatization is a threat to Public Medicare for all of us
BRIEFING NOTE: The Ford Government’s Plan to Privatize Ontario’s Public Hospital Services Posted: September 3, 2024 THE LATEST On...

Ontario Health Coalition
Sep 9, 2024


Shoppers Drug Mart wants to set up 250 for-profit pharmacy care clinics by 2025
August 14, 2024 By Anne Lagacé Dowson A report by The Globe and Mail delves into the plan by Loblaw to become one of Canada’s largest...

Anne Lagacé Dowson
Aug 15, 2024


Backroom deals show it’s time to hold Ford to account on health care
Jul 9, 2024 by Erin Ariss With rumours swirling over an early provincial election call, it’s time for all citizens of Ontario to think...

Erin Ariss
Jul 16, 2024


Ontario’s health-care system is in crisis. More privatization isn’t the answer
OPINION: Yes, we need more facilities, and we need specialized facilities that can efficiently process procedures. But why can’t they be...

David Moscrop
Jun 6, 2024


Thousands march on Queen's Park against health care privatization
Province allowing privatized health care at expense of hospitals, Ontario Health Coalition says CBC News · Posted: May 30, 2024 10:09 PM...

CBC News
May 31, 2024
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