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Should government have a say in what drugs are prescribed to patients?
Wednesday, December 18th, 2019
Canada is slow to approve new biosimilars; since 2006, Health Canada has approved only six, compared with 13 approvals by the European Medicines Agency. We also have among the highest prices in the world for both biologics and biosimilars, so more co-ordinated and aggressive price negotiations are required.
Tags: budget, Health, mental Health, pharmaceutical
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CMHA Ontario provides recommendations on Bill 116
Tuesday, December 17th, 2019
The Ontario government’s proposed Mental Health and Addictions Centre of Excellence must focus on implementing core mental health and addictions services provincially, rigorous data collection and health quality improvement initiatives… CMHA Ontario… also advised that any funds recouped from opioid manufacturers through litigation would be best directed to front-line addictions care…
Tags: disabilities, Health, mental Health, pharmaceutical
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My brain tumour has returned, my drug plan has not
Tuesday, December 17th, 2019
… in its current form, our country will remove a tumour and leave the medication on the back of the patient (to say nothing of teeth, vision care and mental health, which are curiously not covered by our “universal” system)… To those of us directly affected, it’s a crisis and daily failure of a country that prides itself on socialized medicine to step up and protect us. We don’t need this in 2027 — we have prescriptions that aren’t being filled now.
Tags: Health, ideology, participation, pharmaceutical
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How doctors discovered the true causes of drug addiction
Saturday, December 14th, 2019
The tenets of personal responsibility, prosperity and an obligation to avoid harm that make up the prevailing American ethos have been eclipsed by the reality that systemic racism, a self-protecting oligarchy and political structures resistant to change… We know it matters less whether someone could take the nipple as a baby as whether they were born into poverty.
Tags: Health, ideology, mental Health, pharmaceutical
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Ontario’s mental-health crisis, Part 3: Solving the problem will mean more beds — and more political will
Friday, December 13th, 2019
… on any given day, there are approximately 2,300 patients who are awaiting transfer to a more appropriate bed… Of these 2,300 patients, 9 per cent, or approximately 200 people, are awaiting transfer to a more appropriate care setting for a mental-health issue… The provincial government has pledged to do more for mental health and to expand the long-term-care system generally. But that will take years and sustained political will.
Tags: budget, Health, ideology, mental Health, standard of living
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People who live in Ontario’s poorest neighbourhoods more likely to suffer avoidable deaths: study
Thursday, December 12th, 2019
Researchers at ICES, a non-profit research institute that uses population-based health information, found 124,000 avoidable deaths in the “most materially deprived areas” between 1993 and 2014. That’s compared to 66,000 avoidable deaths in the most well-off areas, where average income, education and employment levels were highest… progress is being made [but] people living in the most well-off neighbourhoods seem to be benefiting the most.
Tags: Health, poverty, standard of living
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Is a national pharmacare program any closer to reality?
Wednesday, December 11th, 2019
it’s delusional to think the Liberals will act anything other than slowly. While the purported savings are compelling, shifting spending from private drug plans to the public treasury is much less so. Not to mention that the provinces are, at best, lukewarm about the idea… The premiers want the escalator to increase to 5.2 per cent before they even consider pharmacare.
Tags: budget, Health, jurisdiction, pharmaceutical, poverty, standard of living, tax
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Can we ensure everyone has an affordable life?
Wednesday, December 11th, 2019
Health is the great equalizer. No matter where we’re from, what our values are, what our age or our political beliefs, we all want to have a healthy and long life. And if we agree on that, then we can say affordability is about the amount and type of resources we need to live a healthy and thriving life… Individual income is only one component of a broader social safety net that supports a thriving population; employers, government and community all play pivotal roles too.
Tags: budget, Health, ideology, participation, standard of living
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Care for Canada’s seniors shouldn’t be offloaded onto foreign multinationals
Wednesday, December 11th, 2019
There are areas in which the federal government should undoubtedly play a role in this country. Senior care is not one of them… Surely, this needs to be the sole purview of the province. Why are private care homes protected from facing fines when they fail to live up to their obligations? They can only be temporarily taken over or closed down permanently… Maybe if they were fined they’d clean up their act before that was necessary.
Tags: globalization, Health, housing, ideology, jurisdiction, standard of living
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Myth Busting: Drug Spending, Prices and Pharmacare
Friday, December 6th, 2019
There are many individuals who lack sufficient coverage for prescription medications… But to address those gaps, it is important to understand the real challenges to achieving the goal: the fiscal pressure of high-cost treatments for relatively few beneficiaries and a lack of coverage for a minority of Canadians.
Tags: Health, ideology, participation, pharmaceutical, poverty, standard of living, tax
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