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Ontario isn't ruling out privatization in health care. Here's what …

(6 days ago) Large parts of Ontario's health-care system are already privatized, including many long-term care homes, as well as home care and nursing agencies. Ontario already has private deliverers for health services, such as dental work, says Cathryn Hoy, president of the Ontario Nurses' Association. In these settings, … See more

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/emergency-motion-ndp-health-1.6548142

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Ontario passes health-care bill allowing private clinics …

(9 days ago) WebThe Ontario government has passed a bill allowing private clinics to conduct more OHIP-covered surgeries as advocates warn of potential legal action. Bill 60, also known as the Your Health Act

https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/ontario-passes-health-care-bill-allowing-private-clinics-to-conduct-more-surgeries-1.6389103

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Canada's Ontario to expand use of private healthcare providers

(8 days ago) WebCanada's most populous province, Ontario, plans to significantly expand its use of private providers to perform public health services, the premier said on Monday, …

https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/canadas-ontario-province-expand-use-private-providers-public-health-services-2023-01-16/

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Ontario passes health reform bill that expands private …

(2 days ago) WebGlobal News’ Queen’s Park Bureau Chief Colin D’Mello reports – May 8, 2023. Ontario has passed a health-reform bill that will allow more private clinics to offer certain publicly-funded

https://globalnews.ca/news/9681967/ontario-passes-health-reform-bill-private-care/

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Ontario health minister issues forceful denial of health …

(1 days ago) Web3 min read. 1:54 Ontario Health Minister claims triple threat surge subsiding. Ontario’s health minister issued a forceful denial that her government is considering additional private delivery

https://globalnews.ca/news/9288171/ontario-health-minister-forceful-denial-health-care-privatization/

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FACT SHEET: The Privatization of Ontario’s Public Hospital Services

(5 days ago) WebFACT SHEET: The Privatization of Ontario’s Public Hospital Services Posted: March 8, 2022 (March 8, 2022) The Ford government’s privatization plans. The …

https://www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca/index.php/fact-sheet-the-privatization-of-ontarios-public-hospital-services1/

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Affordability crisis, and fight against health care privatization come

(Just Now) WebThe affordability crisis and privatization in the health care system were top of mind at this year’s Ontario Regional Council, held in Ottawa on Dec. 1 to 2. Unifor …

https://www.unifor.org/news/all-news/affordability-crisis-and-fight-against-health-care-privatization-come-alive-ontario

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Private health care won’t reduce wait times — it may raise - MSN

(4 days ago) WebIn May, the Ontario government passed Bill 60, which encourages the growth of for-profit health care for some surgeries and imaging. Less than two per cent of surgeries in …

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/health/other/private-health-care-won-t-reduce-wait-times-it-may-raise-them-report-says/ar-AA1jlXvg

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Ford’s plan to expand private clinics in Ontario will cost …

(2 days ago) WebFive major Ontario health care unions are calling on the Ford government to not move forward with its plan to siphon provincial funding from public hospital care and hand it to private, for-profit …

https://cupe.ca/fords-plan-expand-private-clinics-ontario-will-cost-patients-dearly-risk-lives-and-significantly

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New report highlights negative impacts of health care …

(7 days ago) WebNew report highlights negative impacts of health care privatization in Ontario. Posted: November 3, 2023 (November 2, 2023) By: Samantha Lawson. An …

https://www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca/index.php/new-report-highlights-negative-impacts-of-health-care-privatization-in-ontario/

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Ontario releases plan to invest in private healthcare CTV News

(8 days ago) WebPublished Jan. 16, 2023 3:30 a.m. PST. Share. Ontario has released a new three-step plan that will see some for-profit community surgical and diagnostic centres take on more …

https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/ontario-releases-3-step-plan-to-invest-in-private-care-to-reduce-surgical-backlog-1.6232067

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Exploring Privatization in Canadian Primary Care: An …

(3 days ago) WebIntroduction. Concern about privatization within Canadian healthcare is long-standing, and regulations controlling the growth of parallel systems of privately funded healthcare are …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8935921/

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Opinion Ontario's health care expansion is not 'privatization'

(1 days ago) WebOpinionNo, Ontario is not ‘privatizing’ Canadian health care. By J.J. McCullough. February 2, 2023 at 7:30 a.m. EST. (iStock) 5 min. “I don’t even like the …

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/02/02/ontario-health-care-privatization-scare/

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Ford government begins work to license new clinics under …

(6 days ago) WebA year after it announced radical plans to ramp up the role of for-profit and private clinics in Ontario’s health-care system, the Ford government is still working out …

https://globalnews.ca/news/10232268/ontario-health-care-new-private-clinics/

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Ontario’s Privatization of Surgery Is a Threat to Canadian Health Care

(1 days ago) WebCBC News estimates that privatizing cataract surgeries alone, at $650 each, could generate a $90 million industry off of public funds. Hip and knee surgeries cost, on …

https://jacobin.com/2023/01/ontario-privatization-health-care-doug-ford-surgeries

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CAMPAIGN: Fightback Against Health Care Privatization in Ontario

(2 days ago) WebPosted: March 31, 2022. (March 31, 2022) The Ontario Health Coalition and Local Health Coalitions across Ontario are building the biggest fight-back we have ever mounted …

https://www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca/index.php/campaign-fightback-against-health-care-privatization-in-ontario/

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Privatization of Healthcare in Ontario - Part 1 - COPE Ontario

(2 days ago) WebPrivatization of Healthcare in Ontario – Part 1. Medicare is a publicly funded single-payer system that is a source of national pride in Canada. Proponents of privatization of …

https://www.copeontario.ca/privatization_of_healthcare_in_ontario_part_1

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There is no concern about a 'diminished supply' of doctors in …

(8 days ago) WebData from government agency Health Force Ontario shows more than 3,000 physician job vacancies, they said. As well, Ontario has 234 doctors per 100,000 …

https://www.chch.com/there-is-no-concern-about-a-diminished-supply-of-doctors-in-ontario-ministry/

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Privatization, Precarity, Profit: Healthcare Unions Speak Up for …

(7 days ago) WebPrivatization, Precarity, Profit: Healthcare Unions Speak Up for Home Care Services. May 8, 2024. TORONTO, ON – On Wednesday morning leaders from the …

https://www.ona.org/news-posts/20240508-unions-home-care/

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Hamilton hospital staff deliver petition to protest health care

(1 days ago) WebHamilton health care workers used a giant petition to communicate their dismay for Ontario’s health-reform bill that now allows more private clinics to offer …

https://globalnews.ca/news/9763138/hamilton-hospital-staff-petition-protest-healthcare-privatization/

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Terence Corcoran and Jack Mintz: Ontario’s 1994-95 revolution

(4 days ago) WebTo paraphrase Mike Harris himself in a retrospective interview, if the CSR had taken privatization further and faster, Ontario might today enjoy more and better …

https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/terence-corcoran-jack-mintz-ontario-123523764.html

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Privatization - Ontario Health Coalition

(2 days ago) WebRELEASE & REPORT: Illegal, Unlawful and Unethical: Case Studies of Patients Charged for Medical Care in Ontario’s Private Clinics. (April 16, 2024) Anyone in Ontario can …

https://www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca/index.php/category/key-issues/privatization/

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FACT SHEET: Two-Tier Health Care and Private Clinics

(Just Now) WebFACT SHEET: Two-Tier Health Care and Private Clinics Posted: March 8, 2022 (March 8, 2022) Canada Health Act Principles . The 1984 Canada Health Act is …

https://www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca/index.php/fact-sheet-two-tier-health-care-and-private-clinics/

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Can CA keep private equity out of health care? Bill splits industry

(5 days ago) WebThis year’s legislation, Assembly Bill 3129, is authored by Assembly’s second-highest ranking Democrat, Jim Wood.The dentist and former Healdsburg mayor …

https://calmatters.org/health/2024/04/health-care-private-equity/

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98% of London voters oppose Ontario’s privatization health care …

(9 days ago) WebOn Tuesday, the London Health Coalition announced that of the 15,483 residents who filled a ballot about privatized public health care, 15,305 people were …

https://globalnews.ca/news/9733373/london-poll-bill-60-ontario-health-care-privatization/

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Terence Corcoran and Jack Mintz: Ontario’s 1994-95 revolution

(5 days ago) WebHighway 407: The privatization of Highway 407ETR continues to rattle Ontario politics more than two decades after the 1999 highway deal was signed. During the 2022 …

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/money/topstories/terence-corcoran-and-jack-mintz-ontario-s-1994-95-revolution/ar-BB1m26uO

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Integrating consumer risk perception and awareness with …

(2 days ago) WebPrivate well users in Ontario are responsible for ensuring the potability of their own private drinking water source through protective actions (i.e., water treatment, well maintenance, …

https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2023JEnvM.33117112L/abstract

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Over $42K in wrongful fees charged to Ontario patients by clinics …

(3 days ago) WebThrough the same period, the total annual value of charges found to violate the rules ranged significantly. In the highest year, the violation charges sat at …

https://globalnews.ca/news/9682689/ontario-private-clinics-bill-60-fines/

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U.S. lawmakers are taking aim at private equity in health care.

(7 days ago) WebIn the U.S., the growing role of private equity firms in health care is coming under heightened scrutiny, with senate committee hearings and a public inquiry …

https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/health-care-private-equity-1.7193466

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Injunction against Minden ER closure scrapped; businesses ask …

(Just Now) WebThe province — including health minister Sylvia Jones — has repeatedly said the ER closure is a health board-led decision in the “best interest” of the community.

https://globalnews.ca/news/9732571/minden-er-closure-businesses-seek-ontario-intervention/

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