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Ontario election gives voters the chance to choose people over profits in long-term care
Friday, May 27th, 2022
If… government replicates past decisions, more than 65,000 Ontarians a year will live in a for-profit facility — many run by corporations focused on their real estate investments — in the next decade. If we follow a different path, these subsidies could fund operators that are primarily care organizations and where real estate holdings support the care, not the other way around.
Tags: budget, disabilities, featured, Health, housing, ideology, privatization, Seniors, standard of living
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Canada’s premiers are missing a real chance to fix our ailing health-care system
Monday, May 16th, 2022
… unless and until the premiers agree to set out… how they intend to spend and report on the 62 per cent increase in transfers they are demanding to actually bring about real change in their respective health systems, Ottawa should refuse. And Canadians themselves should just say no.
Tags: budget, featured, Health, ideology, jurisdiction, mental Health
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7 principles to guide a national dental care program in Canada
Wednesday, May 4th, 2022
There are myriad details here, but at minimum, there appears to be increasing policy, public and political consensus that access to dental care should be made consistent, reliable and equitable for all Canadians across all jurisdictions. As a result, like it is for health care, federal policy leadership is key… we offer these principles to move forward in a healthy way: in the service of Canadians who, for far too long, have been unable to meet their oral health-care needs because of a lack of access to care.
Tags: budget, economy, featured, Health, ideology, jurisdiction, participation, standard of living
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Making it Right – Universal Basic Mental Healthcare for Ontario
Wednesday, May 4th, 2022
… Ontario should consider expanding its OHIP coverage to include universal basic mental healthcare in the form of a basic program assuring access of up to 12 psychotherapy sessions annually, which would remove barriers to access, among other benefits. Of the nearly 2 million Ontarians that stated a need for mental healthcare in 2018, 78.2% cited not knowing where to get help or not being able to afford to pay as a reason.
Tags: budget, economy, Health, ideology, mental Health, participation, standard of living
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Big Pharma wins in Liberals’ watered-down drug price regulations
Saturday, April 30th, 2022
A universal, single-payer, national pharmacare strategy remains elusive for Canadians, but the pharmaceutical industry continues to rake in profits while the government scales back regulatory changes on drug pricing… The Globe and Mail reported that the government is also cancelling plans from 2019 to force drug companies to disclose net prices and will instead continue to rely on publicly-listed prices. This, despite the government’s declaration that public prices do not reflect the true price tag.
Tags: budget, economy, Health, jurisdiction, mental Health, pharmaceutical
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Health Canada lifts ban on blood donations from men who have sex with men
Thursday, April 28th, 2022
Health Canada on Thursday lifted the ban on blood donations from men who have sex with men, putting an end to a practice long criticized as discriminatory and homophobic… The new policy — which is expected to take effect by Sept. 30 — will screen all donors, regardless of gender or sexuality, for “high-risk sexual behaviours.”
Tags: Health, ideology, jurisdiction, participation
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NUPGE report warns against privatization through virtual health care
Wednesday, January 26th, 2022
… the increase in ‘virtual’ health care during the pandemic is creating more private, for-profit delivery of health services…. “However, any for-profit virtual clinic that continues to bill users directly, or through private insurance plans, appears to be at odds with the preamble of the Canada Health Act, which calls for ‘continued access to quality health care without financial or other barriers.’”
Tags: Health, ideology, jurisdiction, mental Health, privatization
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Lower drug prices are a priority for Canadians, but not for the federal government
Tuesday, January 25th, 2022
While the federal government has been bowing to the pharmaceutical industry, the amount that Canadians spend on medicines has continued to rise. In 2020, Canadians spent an estimated $32.7 billion, 4.3 per cent more than the previous year. Meanwhile, more than two-in-five Canadians are concerned about their ability to afford prescription drugs in 10 years.
Tags: Health, pharmaceutical, privatization, standard of living
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Better health data means a healthier Canada
Friday, December 10th, 2021
Health care data collection and analysis can be complicated in Canada — we have 13 different health systems… Here’s what we need now: More comprehensive data… More timely data… More sharing… Give researchers access to health data so they can inform problem solving on important files like health equity; and work with First Nations, Inuit and Métis health organizations to ensure they have access to the data they need to meet their priorities.
Tags: Health, ideology, Indigenous, jurisdiction, standard of living
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Canadians need accessible mental-health services, not a fight over who can claim responsibility for those programs
Thursday, December 2nd, 2021
For provinces that agree on almost nothing else, this remarkable unity when it comes to avoiding common standards in all future care programs erodes a sense of a nation. A feeling of inclusion comes from knowing that despite political differences among the provinces, people can count on specific standards of care wherever they are in the country.
Tags: budget, ideology, jurisdiction, mental Health
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