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Targeted Pharmacare Reforms Could Deliver Access Without a $40 Billion Price Tag
Thursday, September 18th, 2025
With 97 percent of Canadians already having access to some form of drug coverage, a new Conference Report by the C.D. Howe Institute finds that a fiscally responsible approach to universal pharmacare should focus on closing gaps in prescription drug coverage rather than replacing plans with a single-payer system.
Tags: budget, Health, participation, pharmaceutical, privatization
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Mark Carney says he’ll make pharmacare deals with provinces, but won’t commit to expanding their coverage
Friday, September 12th, 2025
… “Ottawa has been dealing with a spate of new priorities since the beginning of the year, and [Dr. Eric Hoskins] understands why Carney is taking an “incremental” approach… the last thing anyone would have wanted is to create an even more patchwork program of diabetic medications and contraception, where you’ve got a handful of provinces and territories that have it, and others that don’t.”
Tags: budget, Health, jurisdiction, pharmaceutical, women
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Public health care is a vital domestic industry and it’s beyond Trump’s reach. Strengthening it should be a priority
Thursday, August 7th, 2025
… the broader health-care sector is Canada’s biggest single industry — employing three million Canadians, adding $200 billion a year to our GDP… business and conservative commentators promote the fallacy that only industries producing exportable goods — like oil, mining and auto manufacturing — actually create wealth. The business crowd tends to portray our public health care and education systems as little more than costly drains on our public resources. Nothing could be farther from the truth.
Tags: economy, Health, ideology, privatization
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Thousands of Ontario family doctors to get new compensation deal
Wednesday, August 6th, 2025
The updated model — called FHO+ — recognizes that practising comprehensive family medicine has changed in recent years, with administrative tasks taking up more of a doctor’s time. It will allow doctors to bill for clinical and administrative tasks, such as such as charting, reviewing test results and filling out forms… the FHO+ model opens additional spaces for doctors to join family health organizations. Both the OMA and the government say this will increase access to comprehensive primary care.
Tags: budget, featured, Health, jurisdiction
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Five examples of how hubris in public health could lead to repeated mistakes
Thursday, July 3rd, 2025
Here are five examples: … The pandemic isn’t over when hospitalizations have temporarily slowed… Long COVID’s effects have been downplayed despite life-altering and long-lasting health effects… Ignoring uncomfortable truths is not a public health strategy… Public health should never be weaponized by political agendas… A transparent, national inquiry is essential to maintaining trust in public health.
Tags: Health, ideology, jurisdiction
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Primary care in Canada is suffering and doctors want input on how to fix it
Monday, June 30th, 2025
OurCare — the largest public conversation about primary care in Canadian history. Over 16 months, nearly 10,000 people across the country shared their experiences and hopes for the future through a national survey, citizen panels and community around tables. Despite differences in geography, age, and background, people largely agreed on what needs to change… six statements make up the OurCare Standard — a bold, people-powered vision for what primary care in Canada should look like.
Tags: featured, Health, mental Health, participation, standard of living
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Six ways public health care makes our economy stronger
Thursday, June 26th, 2025
Prime Minister Carney has put attracting investment in Canada at the top of his agenda. The economists remind him that public health care is a major economic pillar, supporting employment, innovation, and fiscal efficiency, all of which contribute to Canada’s economic resilience amidst global uncertainties and trade pressures. Six ways Medicare makes our economy stronger:
Tags: economy, Health, mental Health, standard of living
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We are CEOs of two leading health centres and decided it was time to align our specialties
Thursday, June 26th, 2025
For decades, mental and physical health care in Canada have been separated — in policy, practice and perception… People living with mental illness often face significantly poorer physical health outcomes… people receiving treatment for physical conditions, such as cancer or heart disease, often face mental health challenges, including depression and anxiety, that can impact recovery, long-term outcomes and even survival. This fragmented model fails to treat the whole person, leading to delayed diagnoses, repeat hospital visits and ultimately, worse health outcomes.
Tags: Health, ideology, mental Health
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Alcohol is a ‘neurological sledgehammer’ that is harming society in more ways than we realize
Monday, June 23rd, 2025
… alcohol has “received an almost free pass when it comes to changes in policy and public opinion.” … The so-called “alcohol deficit” — caused by the cost of alcohol’s impact on the health-care and criminal justice systems, by lost productivity, by vehicle collisions, law-enforcement costs — reached an all-time high of $6.4 billion in Canada in 2020 and $1.9 billion in Ontario… Alcohol is a main cause of disability and premature death. It causes health problems, including liver disease, cardiovascular issues, several types of cancer and mental-health disorders.
Tags: economy, featured, Health, jurisdiction, mental Health
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As Ontario pumps millions into private health care, public health will continue to suffer
Wednesday, June 11th, 2025
Private facilities seem like a quick fix, but it leaves the public system with fewer health-care workers, which only further exacerbates public wait times. It’s a domino effect that’s difficult to stop. But stop it must. Longer-term strategies are needed. Ontario’s decision to fund primary care teams is a major step in the right direction, but simultaneously funding private facilities will only further erode access to public ones. It’s a downward spiral that Ontario continues to actively fund… Half a billion dollars spent on private health facilities leaves half a billion dollars less to pay for public ones.
Tags: featured, Health, ideology, privatization
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