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Report reveals Ontario for-profit clinics charging patients thousands in unlawful feesMore than 100 Ontario patients are speaking out in a new report about user fees being charged in private clinics, with most of the patients being seniors on fixed incomes.HealthApr 16
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Advocacy group accuses Ontario of trying to ‘dismantle’ public health-care systemAn advocacy group is accusing province of deliberately underfunding health care in the province. A government spokesperson said the group was "ideologically opposed" to them.HealthFeb 21
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Ontario hospitals closed for thousands of hours this year: reportA new report from a health-care advocacy group has found emergency departments have been closed for thousands of hours so far this year in Ontario.HealthDec 5, 2023
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98% of London voters oppose Ontario’s privatization health care planOn Tuesday, the London Health Coalition announced that of the 15,483 residents who filled a ballot about privatized public health care, 15,305 people were against Bill 60.CanadaMay 30, 2023
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Ontario Health Coalition holds ‘community-run referendum’ against privatization of health careThe results of the vote will be tallied this weekend and presented to Queen's Park on Monday.HealthMay 26, 2023
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Over $42K in wrongful fees charged to Ontario patients by clinics since 2018Advocates and the province have differing interpretations of the relatively low number of charges found to go against laws protecting patients from paying for free health services.HealthMay 9, 2023
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‘Enough is enough:’ Health coalition rallies against Ontario’s privatization health care planLaunch events unveiling the referendum were held across several cities Tuesday, including a rally outside St. Joseph’s Health Care in London, Ont.CanadaApr 18, 2023
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Ontario nursing home law violates Charter, advocates allege in lawsuitAdvocates allege in a lawsuit that a controversial Ontario long-term care law violates the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.CanadaApr 13, 2023
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How effective is the Ontario law that allows fines for patients who refuse pre-arranged LTC beds?Several Toronto-area hospitals told Global News they had not used the controversial powers in Bill 7 to force alternative level of care patients to move, nor had they issued fines.HealthNov 21, 2022
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Advocates for elderly patients vow Charter challenge to Ontario LTC lawNatalie Mehra, executive director of the Ontario Health Coalition, describes the More Beds Better Care Act as 'fundamentally discriminatory' against the frail and elderly.HealthNov 20, 2022
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