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Thursday, September 19th, 2019
It is the role of the federal government to set the national direction for health care, providing both funding and national standards to ensure quality care for all… The federal government should ensure that people across Canada can access the same quality of public health care. It’s also time to adopt a public, universal pharmacare program and a national seniors’ care strategy.
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Tuesday, September 17th, 2019
The link between housing and health is clear: You can’t live a healthy life if you don’t have a roof over your head. Without stable housing, people die younger, suffer more and have more severe chronic illnesses, make far more emergency room visits, are more likely to be hospitalized and readmitted, and stay longer in hospital when they are admitted.
Tags: featured, Health, homelessness, housing, poverty, standard of living
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Tuesday, September 17th, 2019
… the Ford government has wasted more than a year when it had the power to do something about it… what we already know are the fixes to hallway medicine: more home-care services and long-term care beds… This past June was the worst June on record for hospital overcrowding since the province began collecting statistics more than a decade ago.
Tags: budget, Health, ideology, mental Health, standard of living
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Wednesday, September 11th, 2019
Ontario’s government is putting $11 million more than planned into home and community care this year in a bid to lower the number of patients being treated in the hallways of overcrowded hospitals, says Health Minister Christine Elliott. The money is on top of $144 million announced in the spring budget and includes $45 million aimed at “high need” areas where problems are most severe…
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Thursday, September 5th, 2019
Only a universal, public pharmacare program would ensure that everyone in Canada can access the medications they need. Instead of adopting half-measures and band-aid solutions, it’s time to reform our broken system. Pharmacare is a key missing piece of Canada’s public health care system. This much-needed new program would save money and save lives.
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Wednesday, September 4th, 2019
“Our emergency departments and hospitals are under tremendous stress, and there is no end in sight for hallway medicine,” according to the letter… “Keeping people healthy and out of the emergency department is good for patients, our hospitals, taxpayers and ultimately the entire community.”
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Tuesday, September 3rd, 2019
… last year, alone, more than 1,200 people died in this province from opioid overdoses. Many of them could have been saved if Ontario had more supervised prevention sites… At the same time, the Ford government has failed to enact the Health Sector Transparency Act, which could deter doctors from over-prescribing opioids in the first place.
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Wednesday, August 28th, 2019
The real diagnosis is that physicians’ services are often wasted because our system isn’t built on need. Rather, it’s based on insurance. OHIP pays a lot per hour for episodic care and low value follow-ups. It still pays poorly for working in a small team and being accessible today for people who need you. Furthermore, there is little quality assurance by doctors to ensure that clinical decisions are justified.
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Monday, August 26th, 2019
Pricing on these drugs is not subject to market forces in that even as competition comes into the market, the drug prices do not fall… We hope that patients, advocacy groups and physicians continue to collaborate with manufacturers and regulatory agencies on… strategies that attempt to bring more transparency and value for health-related outcomes into drug-pricing models.
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Thursday, August 22nd, 2019
We are told that there are overwhelming privacy concerns with electronic communication. Again, this is bunk. If we can safely do our banking online, we can certainly manage health interactions… What technology does is to empower consumers. It may also cost doctors and hospitals in dollars and power… Technology is going to change the patient-clinician relationship.
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