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Seeking clarity on Ontario’s autism therapy
Monday, October 3rd, 2022
According to the government’s own statistics, more than 56,000 kids are now registered with the program, and the vast majority have not received funding for core clinical services… Given the understandable lack of trust families have in the program, it’s important the government seek to repair the relationship by increasing, rather than decreasing, transparency and outreach.
Tags: disabilities, Health, ideology, jurisdiction, participation
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Viral infections including COVID are among the important causes of dementia – one more reason to consider vaccination
Monday, October 3rd, 2022
More than 150,000 people with COVID and 11 million controls have been involved in a study of long-term consequences of acute COVID infection. A year after infection, there was an overall 40% higher risk (an additional 71 cases per 1000 people) of neurologic disorders, including memory problems (80% higher risk) and Alzheimer’s disease (two-fold higher risk). These risks were elevated even among those not hospitalised for acute COVID.
Tags: disabilities, Health, mental Health
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Alternative Federal Budget 2023: Rising to the challenge
Thursday, September 22nd, 2022
… The ongoing impact of Covid-19, inflation gnawing at stagnant paycheques, a health care system squeezed to the limit, the climate crisis, and the ongoing need to dismantle colonialism and systemic racism… The AFB advances solutions and places the responsibility for change squarely on the federal government, working with the provinces and territories, to rise to the challenge…
Tags: budget, child care, economy, featured, Health, ideology, Indigenous, mental Health, poverty, standard of living
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Ontario’s hospitals and long-term care are in crisis. Pretending they aren’t won’t solve anything
Wednesday, September 21st, 2022
While hospitals have long been permitted to impose daily charges for patients who overstay — and other provinces already allow it — the latest legislation and regulations will legitimatize the practice… These measures aren’t the end of the world. Nor will they end hallway medicine. More than health-care crisis management, there is an element of political “issues management” at play. The government must be seen to be doing something — anything.
Tags: budget, disabilities, Health, jurisdiction
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Don’t be scared into supporting privatized health care
Monday, September 12th, 2022
The privatization options will not begin to address the problems of a demoralized and depleted health care workforce and the overzealous constraints on public health care spending and will have negative consequences for both equity and efficiency. Debating private care options is a wasteful distraction.
Tags: budget, featured, Health, ideology, pharmaceutical, privatization, standard of living
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How will Canada expand a health-care system that’s already struggling?
Saturday, September 10th, 2022
Everyone should have access to routine dental care and vision care and necessary medications — and other things, like mental-health supports and physiotherapy… This is important on humanitarian grounds. It would also, though, optimize the primary-care system: a person who is kept out of hospital by proper dental care means one more bed available for someone who truly needs it.
Tags: budget, Health, ideology, participation, pharmaceutical, privatization, standard of living
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With family doctors heading for the exits, addressing the crisis in primary care is key to easing pressure on emergency rooms
Friday, September 9th, 2022
Ontario has done better than most areas of Canada with the introduction of family health teams in 2005, with team-based primary care reporting better outcomes for both patients and providers. But no new family health teams have been funded since 2012, which is a problem… Political will is required to invest in the entire health-care system and not ignore the fact that primary care represents a very large part of this system.
Tags: featured, Health, jurisdiction
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Liberals to announce plan to double GST tax credit, launch youth dental care and top up housing benefits, NDP sources say
Thursday, September 8th, 2022
The New Democrats say they have inked an agreement with the Liberals… that would double the GST tax credit for a period of six months. About 12 million Canadians could be eligible… Both parties also reached consensus on a plan that could see low-income youth under 12 receive a cheque for dental services by the end of the year. The plan is intended to be a temporary solution until a permanent dental care plan can be implemented by the end of 2023 and extended to those under 18, seniors and people living with a disability.
Tags: budget, disabilities, featured, Health, housing, ideology, Seniors, standard of living, tax, youth
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Show me the money: It’s not a worker shortage, it’s a wage shortage
Monday, September 5th, 2022
One of the key worker reasons for not taking jobs is that the jobs are lousy. One of the key ways that a job is lousy is that the pay is too low. Given the disruption in work experienced earlier in the pandemic, followed by sky-high inflation, expecting 10 people to apply for a $15 an hour job isn’t realistic… Job seekers are waiting for employers to show them the money—and to offer good working conditions too.
Tags: economy, featured, Health, ideology, immigration, jurisdiction, participation, standard of living
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Canada’s new dental care plan will be tangible and popular: MP Don Davies
Wednesday, August 31st, 2022
While Conservative politicians like Pierre Poilievre complain about the cost of a public dental care plan, Davies notes that delivering universal health care is actually cheaper. “We have been coasting on past glories for decades,” said Davies. “Yes, we have excellent care through hospitals and physicians, but we have a two-tiered, US-style access to care for dental care, prescription drugs, eye care, auditory care, and mental health care.”
Tags: Health, ideology, Indigenous, participation, poverty, standard of living
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