Posts Tagged ‘poverty’
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Patchwork drug plans flout the foundations of medicare
Ontario has seven (soon to be eight) distinct public drug plans… Despite the number of state-funded programs, almost half of Canadians rely on private insurance for coverage, most of which is employer-based… In Ontario alone, one in four people between the ages of 25 and 64 do not have drug insurance, according to Health Quality Ontario.
Tags: budget, disabilities, economy, featured, Health, ideology, jurisdiction, mental Health, participation, poverty, privatization, standard of living, youth
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Five things to know about Ontario’s new youth pharmacare program
The province already pays for prescription medications for about 600,000 people in that age group, more than 370,000 of them social assistance recipients, the rest children and youth with catastrophic annual drug bills. Outside those two categories, children and youth take relatively few prescription drugs on average… Rather than expand medicare to cover all prescription drugs, Federal Health Minister Jane Philpott has said she would concentrate first on reducing prices and improving access in other ways.
Tags: budget, Health, ideology, mental Health, participation, poverty, standard of living, youth
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Basic income would give women choices
The women who would benefit most from basic income are the poorest and most marginalized among us, with and without children, often members of racialized groups. Some are unable to work in paid employment. Others work in part-time, precarious, poorly paid, often exploitive conditions… an adequate basic income will give the most marginalized women more choice: more choice about how to spend their valuable time, more choice about leaving exploitive labour conditions, more choice about leaving abusive relationships.
Tags: budget, featured, ideology, participation, poverty, standard of living, women
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The Jane Addams Model
She sought to change the world by planting herself deeply in a particular neighborhood. She treated each person as a unique soul… There are many philanthropists and caregivers today who dislike theory and just want to get practical. It is this sort of doer’s arrogance and intellectual laziness that explains why so many charities do no good or do positive harm.
Tags: ideology, multiculturalism, participation, philanthropy, poverty, women
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Canada can learn from U.S. attack on high drug prices
… the U.S. and Canada have a fragmented patch work of public and private drug plans. Where you work, where you live, or your age, ultimately dictate whether you are eligible for drug coverage and determine the generosity of your benefits… in Canada, the lack of a national drug plan leaves at least $4 billion in savings on the table every year, according to the latest research in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.
Tags: budget, Health, pharmaceutical, poverty
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