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The COVID-19 pandemic shines a light on our failing: We need paid, respected community health workers
Tuesday, April 21st, 2020
The virus has exposed the need for a public-health system that more strongly integrates community-level responsiveness with the needs of vulnerable populations as part of its daily practice, as well as in times of crisis… we have no excuse not to invest in the human capital and community supports that would allow core public-health activities to be fully effective year-round.
Tags: disabilities, Health, homelessness, mental Health, poverty, standard of living
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Innovations in health care during the COVID-19 pandemic
Wednesday, April 1st, 2020
The now viral Twitter-based #caremongering campaign is a great example of how Canadians come together during times of crisis to look after one another… one of the most striking examples of virtual #caremongering is displayed by OpenLab’s Friendly Neighbour Hotline… the unbelievably rapid response to creating new international randomized trials of different therapies for COVID-19 is like none we have ever seen before.
Tags: budget, Health, homelessness, mental Health, participation, philanthropy
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Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism
Friday, March 27th, 2020
Deaths of Despair sheds important light on how the loss of manufacturing jobs and the rise of graduates have been two sides of the same coin in a US that has deindustrialised at breakneck speed in some regions, while shifting at a similar pace to a tech-focused “knowledge economy” in others. The economic, social and political consequences have been momentous… What Case and Deaton’s book vividly demonstrates is that, in the context of a malfunctioning form of capitalism, the myth of educational “meritocracy” can seriously damage people’s health.
Tags: Health, ideology, participation, standard of living
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A rescue package includes expanding medicare
Wednesday, March 25th, 2020
… as we are seeing an unprecedented collective effort to protect Canadians in the acute phase of this crisis, we also have an opportunity to ensure that every person living in Canada has access to the essential medications and dental care they need, regardless of employment status, to protect them against ongoing and future instability… On dental care, Canada has one of the least accessible systems in the developed world. Only 5 per cent of all spending on dental care is publicly funded
Tags: budget, Health, ideology, pharmaceutical, standard of living
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When does social distancing end? These graphs show where we’re heading and why
Monday, March 23rd, 2020
… how and when to emerge from the current state of isolation[?] It’s a decision that means weighing the serious health risk that the new coronavirus poses against the crushing impact of prolonged social distancing on the economy, jobs, education and public life. It will also depend crucially on how long individuals are willing to maintain social-distancing practices.
Tags: globalization, Health, participation
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A tale of two public health crises — science is being used to stem coronavirus but not opioid deaths
Saturday, March 14th, 2020
The scientific evidence derived from the evaluation of these facilities is both comprehensive and clear: they save lives. Yet despite the mountains of evidence that’s been compiled about their effectiveness, this health intervention continues to be controversial for those who don’t know, or willingly choose to ignore, the science. Not a single death has been reported in a supervised consumption site.
Tags: budget, Health, ideology, jurisdiction, mental Health, pharmaceutical
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Shut it down: It’s time for Canada to get serious about social distancing
Thursday, March 12th, 2020
Canada needs to embrace social distancing… early implementation [of six social-distancing measures during past flu pandemics] delayed the peak in the number of infections, relieving the burden on health-care systems by spreading out the cases over a longer period of time… we can’t afford to become Italy, a country that was slow to act and is now paying a massive price, with more than 10,000 cases, 600 deaths and a collapsing economy.
Tags: budget, Health, jurisdiction, participation
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Ontario sets up locations for COVID-19 assessment centres and postpones public health cuts
Thursday, March 12th, 2020
This move “recognizes the considerable time and resources necessary for public health units to effectively respond to COVID-19”… Parts of Ontariot serviced by the assessment centres will be served by hospital emergency wards. The province is also boosting resources for Telehealth Ontario, which has seen high call volumes and long waits as people call in with questions about the new coronavirus.
Tags: budget, Health, ideology, jurisdiction
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The public lab that could have helped fight COVID-19 pandemic
Thursday, March 12th, 2020
… our willingness to go along with the privatization cult in recent decades has left us weaker and less protected than we could be. Not only do we no longer have Connaught Labs, but Canada spends $1 billion a year funding basic medical research at Canadian universities, yet relies on the private marketplace to produce, control — and profit from — the resulting medical innovations… With a surge in future global pandemics expected, it might well be time to rethink Canada’s foolhardy attachment to the notion “the private sector always does things better.”
Tags: featured, Health, ideology, pharmaceutical, privatization, standard of living
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Sanders’ ‘Medicare for all’ plan isn’t Canadian-style. It’s much more radical
Tuesday, March 10th, 2020
Total health-care spending here in 2019 was $264.4 billion. The public share was about $184 billion. A Sanderian-style approach would thus bring about $80 billion in annual private spending — namely, private insurance and out-of-pocket spending — on to government balance sheets… Medicare for all may be a popular slogan among left-wing activists in the U.S, but it… goes far beyond the public insurance model in Canada and elsewhere…
Tags: budget, Health, ideology, jurisdiction, mental Health, participation, pharmaceutical
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