Private Health Care
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More than $56M spent on agency nurses in Manitoba: Shared HealthNumbers from Shared Health show the province spent more than $56 million on agency nurses in the first three quarters of the 2023-24 fiscal year.HealthApr 12
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Would you cross the border for health care? 42% Canadians say yes in pollAmid Canada's ongoing battle with prolonged emergency room wait times and staffing challenges, a poll finds that many are willing to head south in pursuit of timely health care.HealthMar 4
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‘The American model’: Ontario doctor claims move to private care building steamAs the Ontario Medical Association continues to sound the alarm over a family doctor shortage, one doctor said a move toward American-style health care is 'happening already.'CanadaFeb 15
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Ontario clinic’s direct billing highlights grey area around nurse practitionersHolistic Solutions NP in Hamilton, Ont. has been operating for a month now using nurse practitioners but isn't billing clients the traditional way through OHIP.HealthFeb 13
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Services should continue at West Island health clinic despite financial woesThe closure earlier this week of a Montreal pediatric clinic owned by the Brunswick Group has raised concerns around the future of the organization's West Island medical centre.HealthJan 28
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Private health care won’t reduce wait times — it may raise them, report saysA new report released Thursday says that privatization of health care in Ontario won't reduce wait times but may actually increase them.CanadaNov 3, 2023
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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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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 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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What does the Supreme Court decision mean for Saskatchewan health care?The decision comes as other Canadian provinces continue to push ahead with privately-funded health care.CanadaApr 12, 2023
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