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Doug Ford, are you listening?
No surprise, Alberta’s privatized surgery clinics don’t seem to be doing anything to reduce wait times UCP promises unmet, NDP health...

David Climenhaga
Apr 8, 20241 min read
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Credit Card or Health Card?
Posted April 6, 2024 Join the call to stop privatization NOW! All across the country, the majority of Canadians oppose the privatization...

Waterloo Region Health Coalition
Apr 6, 20241 min read
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Names of Ontario health-care clinics found to have extra-billed being kept secret
March 22, 2024 The names of physicians and facilities found to have engaged in extra-billing for health services are being kept secret,...

Katherine DeClerq
Apr 1, 20241 min read
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Can more for-profit health care be stopped?
Health care delivery is changing throughout the country March 13, 2023 The new health accord between Ottawa and the provinces provides...

Marjorie Griffin Cohen
Mar 13, 20242 min read
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Frustrated parents raise home care concerns
Failure of the for-profit health-care system Tina Senior and Daniel Brousseau said the quality of care they are receiving for their...

Len Gillis
Mar 9, 20241 min read
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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, 20241 min read
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A dire nursing shortage, private-sector windfall profits all part of Ford’s disastrous approach to Ontario health care
Bill 124 contributed to a mass exodus of front-line nurses, creating of a unique opportunity for private-nurse-hiring agencies to realize...

Les Whittington
Feb 29, 20241 min read
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Our public hospitals are on their knees: Jim Stewart
ORs being used for storage as province funds private clinics: health group The Waterloo Region Health Coalition says public hospitals are...

Catherine Thompson
Feb 22, 20241 min read
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Robbing from the public to build the private
New OHC report sheds light on plight of Ontario hospitals A scathing new report from the Ontario Health Coalition (OHC) is criticizing...

Ashley Hyshka
Feb 21, 20241 min read
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Stop Orchard Villa's Licence Renewal
Health advocates asking judge to quash licence renewal for Pickering’s Orchard Villa February 13, 2024 Advocates and family members are...

DurhamRadioNews.com
Feb 18, 20241 min read
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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, 20241 min read
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On health care, Ford has failed
Waterloo Region Record Letters To The Editor Wednesday, February 7, 2024 Governments have duties, obligations and accountability to their...

Joseph Amatruda
Feb 12, 20241 min read
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Cash for health care at new Kitchener clinic
Charging for health care: Nurse practitioners bill for service at new Kitchener clinic Phlox Health on Manitou Drive offers many of the...

Catherine Thompson
Feb 10, 20241 min read
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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, 20241 min read
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Ontario's New For-Profit Healthcare System
What could possibly go wrong? Plenty! This one-minute video explains it all. Weblink at the end of the article. Posted on X by...

Stewart Reynolds
Jan 22, 20242 min read
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Overcrowding kills… and that’s what we are starting to see
~ Dr. Trevor Jain, Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians As Canada’s health systems strain, more private care would mark...

David Baxter
Jan 22, 20241 min read
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Hurry up and wait.
'This is not inevitable:' Offload delays continue to plague hospital Provincial NDP leader and the Waterloo Region Health Coalition met...

Matt Betts
Jan 20, 20241 min read
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Ontario Expanding Private Surgery This Spring
Last Updated Wednesday, January 17, 2024 12:14 PM EST The Ontario government will be allowing even more private clinics to perform...

Katherine DeClerq
Jan 18, 20241 min read
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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, 20231 min read
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Conflict of Interest? Former Health Minister Advocates for For-Profit Hospital
November 20, 2023 14:38 ET| Source: Ontario Health Coalition Ford Government Expanded For-Profit Hospital in Violation of the Law and...

Ontario Health Coalition
Nov 20, 20234 min read
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