Signs have pointed in recent weeks to the provincial and federal governments nearing a health-care funding deal. ...
Category: Health and COVID-19
Health ministers making progress on funding talks, finding common ground: Duclos
Provincial governments and the federal Liberals are far more optimistic than they used to be. ...
Ford promises to speed up accreditation of health workers from other provinces
A new bill coming next month will let health care workers from other provinces come to Ontario without needing to register with a provincial regulator. ...
Jagmeet Singh pushing federal government to close ‘Maple loophole’ letting companies charge for doctor visits
Liberal and NDP MPs were outraged by our story about the virtual care company. ...
Ontario has ‘no oversight’ of clinics manipulating patients into paying for extra services: 2021 AG report
Multiple studies have found that some clinics mislead patients into spending hundreds or thousands of dollars unnecessarily. ...
Ford unveils how private, not-for-profit health centres will do more taxpayer-covered surgeries
Premier Doug Ford opened the door to further privatization down the road. ...
Health Canada ‘concerned’ about Ontario company that charges for virtual doctor visits
Maple charges $69 for a GP visit, even for people covered by OHIP. ...
Feds, provinces getting closer to health-care funding deal
'I'm very, very confident. So we're going to keep working at it,' says Doug Ford. ...
Ontario is aging fast and long-term care staffing isn’t keeping up: OLTCA
'More creativity and boldness is needed,' Donna Duncan said. ...
Ford hints at bigger private sector role in health care
It's not really private if you pay with your health card, Ford said. ...