Private Clinics
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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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Hamilton hospital staff deliver petition to protest health care privatizationHospital staff marched across Charlton Avenue on Monday to St. Joseph’s Hospital furthering outraged in the medical community over contacting out surgeries to private clinics.CanadaJun 12, 2023
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Ontario passes health reform bill that expands private delivery of careOntario has passed a health-reform bill that will allow more private clinics to offer certain publicly funded surgeries and procedures in an effort to cut long wait lists for care.HealthMay 8, 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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N.B. to lose $1.3M in federal health payment crackdown over private clinicsThe federal government is trying to push provinces to ensure that patients don't need to pay for medically necessary services, no matter how they're delivered.HealthMar 12, 2023
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Moving public health services to for-profit clinics raises ‘legitimate concerns’: DuclosOntario’s plan to expand private delivery of public health care raises 'legitimate concerns' about equitable access to needed health services, says Health Minister Jean-Yves DuclosHealthJan 17, 2023
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Backlog in surgical procedures has Sask Party moving forward with private clinicsAs staff shortages continue, the Sask. Party says it is moving forward with surgical privatization, but one union is calling out the government saying the move is unacceptable.HealthJul 28, 2022
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Quebec opposition party wants private clinics to help fight COVID-19Québec solidaire will ask Premier François Legault to integrate private clinics into the public network to counter the skyrocketing number of hospitalizations linked to COVID-19.PoliticsJan 19, 2021
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Healthcare advocates rally against private healthcare and alleged over-billingCanadian doctors for Medicare and the BC Health Coalition have intervener status in the court case. The two groups are urging the government to take action on an audit, which revealed alleged extra billing at two of Day's clinics.Sep 29, 2014
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Private clinics misleading, overcharging patients: Ontario Health CoalitionPublic health advocates say many private clinics in Ontario are misleading patients and unlawfully billing them for medically unnecessary services.PoliticsMar 25, 2014
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