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High drug prices in Canada are just one side of a bad equation
Tuesday, July 18th, 2023
To ensure that Canadians receive similar benefits from the pharmaceutical industry as other countries, we need oversight of both sides of the equation: drug prices (… fully protected from political influence), and follow-up to ensure any government programs intended to offer investment incentives for the pharmaceutical industry in the Canadian economy achieve their goals.
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A crisis of neglect: How society can help those with mental illness
Tuesday, July 18th, 2023
‘If you really want to make a difference, stop thinking about diagnosis and symptoms, start thinking about recovery… it’s people, place, and purpose. Social support, a decent environment with housing and food and things that help people to prosper, and people will have to have something to live for.’
Tags: featured, Health, homelessness, ideology, mental Health, participation, poverty
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Nightmarish Commercial Simply Wrong: Healthcare Outsourcing is not Privatization
Friday, July 14th, 2023
The government of Ontario should think about how to contract for insured services with private clinics without causing staffing problems for traditional providers, but should begin experimenting with this model in the specialties and places where the prospects seem most promising. And it should carefully monitor outcomes.
Tags: Health, ideology, jurisdiction, privatization
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The premiers need to get serious about health care reform, not just funding
Tuesday, July 11th, 2023
… the premiers need to commit to some semblance of a coherent, co-ordinated plan… What the health system needs right now is swift and collective action from the premiers in identifying problem areas and setting clear goals for longer-term changes. You can’t measure progress without targets and timelines. Nor can you have any accountability.
Tags: jurisdiction, mental Health, standard of living
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An Unparalleled and Urgent Task Faces Premiers Next Week
Friday, July 7th, 2023
At the top of the list is helping the 6.5 million people without access to primary care… Equally urgent is the need to beef up home and community care to make it possible for our rapidly aging population to age both well and where they want to, whether in their own homes or in a community setting. These actions on primary and senior care would ease the pressure on beleaguered hospitals and their emergency rooms.
Tags: featured, Health, jurisdiction, standard of living
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Roadmap For Reform Can Save Canadian Healthcare: A General Consensus View
Friday, June 16th, 2023
[The] authors… present a Roadmap that addresses the fundamental questions of why previous attempts at reform have failed, and offers solutions to design a more effective reform process… The Roadmap lays out a comprehensive 13-step plan, covering both the short and long terms that take us to the destination of better health for more Canadians with better access to high-quality healthcare:
Tags: Health, mental Health, participation, standard of living
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Ontario’s doctors report progress on health-care recommendations but more needs to be done
Friday, June 2nd, 2023
The OMA has identified three key areas where we must focus our immediate attention: ensuring that everyone has access to team-based primary care… reducing physician burnout and the administrative burden contributing to it… (and) addressing the lack of access to co-ordinated community-based care… The OMA remains committed to ongoing collaboration with elected officials to drive positive change in our health-care system.
Tags: Health, jurisdiction, mental Health
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Pharmacare could save over $1600/year per patient and promote ‘pharmoequity’ finds study
Thursday, June 1st, 2023
Providing free medicine to patients reduces costs to the health care system and contributes to overall health equity, researchers learned… “I was surprised by the magnitude of the savings,” Dr. Nav Persaud… told CBC. “It seems like eliminating medication costs both saves money in avoided hospitalizations, avoided emergency room visits, makes people healthier and addresses health inequities — it makes access to health more fair.”
Tags: budget, disabilities, Health, mental Health, participation, pharmaceutical, standard of living
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Time to end violations of Canada Health Act with illegal fees for service
Sunday, May 28th, 2023
…Bill 60… expressly enables the transfer of surgeries and diagnostics from public hospitals to for-profit clinics… We categorically do not need private clinics to cut surgical wait times. Virtually every public hospital has operating rooms that are closed evenings, overnight and on weekends. They should be funded and staffed to open to full capacity to clear backlogs.
Tags: featured, Health, ideology, jurisdiction, privatization, rights
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Better Health Depends on Better Health Data
Friday, May 26th, 2023
… governments should adopt the guiding principle that patients’ entire records should be available, not just to health providers, but to the patients themselves. Not only is this consistent with Supreme Court decisions and the principles of good ethics, but there is growing evidence it improves participation and trust in the system.
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