Access To Health Care
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Alberta NDP vows to protect public health care as fall sitting reconvenesThe NDP is concerned Premier Danielle Smith will follow through on policy ideas exploring co-pays and deductibles to have patients cover some of their surgery costs.PoliticsNov 28, 2022
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Bill 96: Health-care professionals say government’s reassurances misleadingHealth-care professionals who have been warning about the potential impact Bill 96 could have, say the government's repeated claims that the fears are unjustified, are misleading.CanadaMay 18, 2022
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Bill 96: Quebec premier says health care will remain the same for anglophones, immigrantsThe Legault government is defending Bill 96 and is reassuring the anglophone and immigrant communities that services in English will continue.PoliticsMay 17, 2022
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Health-care and English-language rights advocates stress danger of Bill 96Doctors and other health-care advocates in Quebec say they are worried about the implications of Bill 96 on health care and social services for non-French-speaking citizens.CanadaMay 13, 2022
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Quebec doctors warn language Bill 96 could hurt patient careBill 96 would require public service providers to communicate exclusively in French with new immigrants beginning six months after their arrival.CanadaApr 14, 2022
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Alberta First Nations people tend to get lower level of emergency care: studyOverall, the study found 12 per cent of non-Indigenous patients were rated at the most serious levels, whereas eight per cent of First Nations people received that rating.HealthJan 17, 2022
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Two Quebec nurses suspended after allegedly mocking death of Indigenous womanTwo Quebec nurses have been suspended without pay after allegedly mocking an Indigenous woman at a public clinic in Joliette, Que., northeast of Montreal.CanadaMar 15, 2021
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New dental clinic open on Big River First NationIn partnership with the University of Saskatchewan's College of Dentistry, a new dental clinic opened in the Big River First Nation Health Centre this week.HealthSep 29, 2020
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‘I’m not overly surprised’: Montreal ranks last in national health, lifestyle rankingsMontreal comes in last as the Conference Board of Canada ranks the country’s 10 major cities to find out where people thrive in terms of population health, access to health care services and lifestyle.CanadaDec 13, 2016
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