Eric Hoskins

• Canada should have universal, single-payer public pharmacare, says advisory council

  Canada should have a comprehensive national pharmacare program for all, according to a federal advisory council.

  Canada

  Jun 12, 2019
  
• Pharmacare plan relying on generic drugs could prompt reaction from big pharma: memo

  Pharmacare is shaping up as a key campaign issue in the October election, particularly for the Liberals.

  Canada

  Apr 14, 2019
  
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• Canada’s national pharmacare should include a national drug agency and formulary: report

  Pharmacare in Canada should include a national drug formulary and a national agency to run it, but an interim report doesn't detail what that looks like.

  Health

  Mar 6, 2019
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• Peter Watts: The pharmacare debate begins

  Dr. Eric Hoskins, chair of the Advisory Council on Pharmacare, and Fraser Institute researcher Kristina Acri provide perspectives on the national debate on pharmacare.

  Blogs

  Jul 21, 2018
• Dr. Eric Hoskins resigns as Ontario’s health minister, MPP

  Hoskins made the announcement in a statement posted on Twitter Monday afternoon. He said he is resigning "effective immediately."

  Health

  Feb 26, 2018
• Local MPP Jeff Yurek questions closure of Cardiac Fitness Institute

  A local Progressive Conservative MPP made one final last-ditch attempt to save a long-running program for cardiac patients.

  Canada

  Feb 20, 2018
• Province backing 128-bed long-term care home in Havelock

  The province has announced it will build a 128-bed long-term care home on Old Norwood Road, about 40 kilometres east of Peterborough.

  Health

  Feb 12, 2018
• Ontario health minister leaps into action, helps man who collapsed at news conference

  Eric Hoskins, who is a doctor, tended to the man who was taken to a hospital.

  Politics

  Jan 23, 2018
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• Canadian stuck in German hospital because there’s no guarantee of hospital bed in Toronto

  A Toronto man is in serious condition is stuck in a German hospital. The reason? No Toronto-area hospitals will agree to admit him on his return. Now the man's family is stuck with growing medical bills every day.

  Health

  Jan 3, 2018
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• Ontario to offer specialized surgery for some Cerebral Palsy patients

  Families in Ontario have been fighting for years for a specialized surgery for their children who suffer from Cerebral Palsy. But since the early 2000s it hasn’t been offered here, so parents have had to go outside the country. However, this is finally about to change.

  Health

  Dec 18, 2017