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Pharma-Scare Tactics: Dispensing Garbage Takes
Tuesday, March 5th, 2024
There is nothing to prevent provinces from going above and beyond a federal program, there is nothing to prevent private plans from going above and beyond a federal program. The idea that increasing public funding to health care would somehow limit access to coverage is illogical and not borne out by the evidence.
Tags: Health, ideology, jurisdiction, participation, pharmaceutical, privatization, standard of living
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Against incredible odds, Canada is getting universal pharmacare
Monday, March 4th, 2024
… this week, the tide seems to have finally turned in favour of the people — with the introduction of a pharmacare bill that defies decades of industry pushback… For years, these powerful industries marshalled enormous resources to derail progress on a national pharmacare plan, pressuring the government to reject the principle of universality, keep our current mixed public-private system in place, and limit drug coverage to the uninsured.
Tags: economy, Health, ideology, pharmaceutical, standard of living
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Trudeau government unveils national pharmacare bill
Thursday, February 29th, 2024
Health Minister Mark Holland has unveiled the Liberal government’s plan to kick-start a national pharmacare program, introducing a bill that spells out a single-payer plan to cover prescription drugs and related medical equipment for diabetes and birth control… Holland introduced a short bill in Parliament Thursday that sets out steps to create the broader plan, all of which will depend on provincial governments’ agreement
Tags: budget, featured, Health, ideology, jurisdiction, participation, pharmaceutical, women
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I had to turn another patient away: It doesn’t have to be that way
Thursday, February 29th, 2024
It’s actually physically impossible for a solo family doctor to keep up with all the needed acute, chronic and preventive care, let alone look after their many results and consult notes while running what amounts to a small business… Primary care teams are urgently needed to share these responsibilities and make the most of family doctors’ skills… also needed is a clear vision and a steadfast commitment to reconstructing primary care.
Tags: budget, Health, ideology, mental Health
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Can Ontario Fix the Shortage of Personal Support Workers?
Wednesday, February 28th, 2024
The Ontario government earmarked almost $5 billion in funding over four years to help long-term care homes hire and retain care staff. It’s since added additional millions in incentives to attract thousands to become personal support workers over the next few years… Podcast video Episode: Can New Incentives Help Attract PSWs in Ontario?
Tags: budget, disabilities, Health, jurisdiction, mental Health, standard of living, women
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Why is Ontario embracing private health care? The Scandinavian experience shows it hurts both the quality and choice of care
Tuesday, February 20th, 2024
A new report examines trends in Sweden, Norway, the United States, France and Great Britain, where the pursuit of profit by financial capital is systematically devouring public funding, eroding quality of care and degrading working conditions. Sound familiar? It should: The tapeworm economy has arrived in Ontario, and we need to control it… The escalating profitization of care gobbles up funds that could improve care.
Tags: budget, economy, Health, ideology, jurisdiction, privatization
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Canada needs a national system for cancer clinical trials
Monday, February 19th, 2024
Clinical trials are the most effective means of ensuring we have better cancer treatments. A national cancer clinical trial system, with education and training, streamlined ethics, and support for initiatives to address genomic testing for trials, and reduce regulatory and other trial burdens, would be an investment in our health-care system.
Tags: Health, jurisdiction, participation, standard of living
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Why the surge in medically assisted deaths?
Tuesday, February 6th, 2024
… assisted deaths in Canada grew by an average of 31.1 per cent each year between 2019 and 2022… of those who received MAID in 2022, 17 per cent cited loneliness or isolation as one cause of their suffering… Since people with mental illness are at high risk of homelessness, this could exacerbate the difficulty they have in accessing critical health services, including those of a palliative nature.
Tags: Health, mental Health, rights, standard of living
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How better and cheaper software could save millions of dollars while improving Canada’s health-care system
Monday, February 5th, 2024
Although the Canadian federal government has invested over $2.1 billion developing health information technology (HIT), all 10 provinces still have their own separate HIT systems. Besides being an obvious source of redundancy and waste, these systems: do not work together, are expensive and are inconsistent… we analyzed the economic costs and savings of integrating some of the functions of the software…
Tags: budget, Health, jurisdiction, privatization
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Missing teeth: Who’s left out of Canada’s dental care plan
Tuesday, January 30th, 2024
The choice is twofold: (1) Continue to create new medical care programs with a fill-in-the-gaps model and an income cap, like Canada is currently doing on dental care, or (2) Align new medical care programs with the principles of the Canada Health Act, which is based on the underlying principle of health care for all. The findings in this analysis of Canada’s nascent national dental care plan might also be relevant to the much anticipated announcement of a national pharmacare plan.
Tags: budget, Health, ideology, jurisdiction, participation, standard of living
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