Ontario Health Coalition

New report: For-profit clinics expanded by Ford government charging patients thousands in unlawful fees

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星期二, 四月 16, 2024
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The Health Coalition held press conferences to release the report with patients who have been charged hundreds or even thousands of dollars for access to care in for-profit clinics.

Key Points: 
  • The Health Coalition held press conferences to release the report with patients who have been charged hundreds or even thousands of dollars for access to care in for-profit clinics.
  • His government also promised strong “guardrails” to protect patients from extra-billing and user fees.
  • Of 231 patients surveyed, 120 patients were unlawfully charged by private clinics.
  • Patients reported that the private clinics co-mingled unnecessary services with necessary services in order to charge fees.

REPEAT – MEDIA ADVISORY: Press conferences with patients who have been charged user fees of hundreds or even thousands of dollars at for-profit surgery clinics

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星期二, 四月 16, 2024
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The extra charges for medically necessary services are not only unlawful and illegal under Ontario's and Canada's Public Medicare protection laws, but they impose significant financial strain on patients.

Key Points: 
  • The extra charges for medically necessary services are not only unlawful and illegal under Ontario's and Canada's Public Medicare protection laws, but they impose significant financial strain on patients.
  • Patients will join press conferences in four cities to tell their stories.
  • At the same time, the Ontario Health Coalition will release a report based on eighteen case studies and over 100 patients who have reported being charged out-of-pocket fees at for-profit clinics recently.
  • More press conferences in additional communities will follow.

REPEAT – MEDIA ADVISORY: Press conferences with patients who have been charged user fees of hundreds or even thousands of dollars at for-profit surgery clinics

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星期一, 四月 15, 2024
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The extra charges for medically necessary services are not only unlawful and illegal under Ontario's and Canada's Public Medicare protection laws, but they impose significant financial strain on patients.

Key Points: 
  • The extra charges for medically necessary services are not only unlawful and illegal under Ontario's and Canada's Public Medicare protection laws, but they impose significant financial strain on patients.
  • Patients will join press conferences in four cities to tell their stories.
  • At the same time, the Ontario Health Coalition will release a report based on eighteen case studies and over 100 patients who have reported being charged out-of-pocket fees at for-profit clinics recently.
  • More press conferences in additional communities will follow.

MEDIA ADVISORY: Press conferences with patients who have been charged user fees of hundreds or even thousands of dollars at for-profit surgery clinics

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星期五, 四月 12, 2024
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The extra charges for medically necessary services are not only unlawful and illegal under Ontario's and Canada's Public Medicare protection laws, but they impose significant financial strain on patients.

Key Points: 
  • The extra charges for medically necessary services are not only unlawful and illegal under Ontario's and Canada's Public Medicare protection laws, but they impose significant financial strain on patients.
  • Patients will join press conferences in four cities to tell their stories.
  • At the same time, the Ontario Health Coalition will release a report based on eighteen case studies and over 100 patients who have reported being charged out-of-pocket fees at for-profit clinics recently.
  • More press conferences in additional communities will follow.

MEDIA RELEASE: The Ford government is starving local public hospitals to privatize them, charge health advocates

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星期三, 二月 21, 2024
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The public has funded local hospitals for more than 70 years to build operating room capacity that is unused while the Ford government is shunting unprecedented public money to private for-profit clinics and hospitals to build new operating rooms, the Coalition reports.

Key Points: 
  • The public has funded local hospitals for more than 70 years to build operating room capacity that is unused while the Ford government is shunting unprecedented public money to private for-profit clinics and hospitals to build new operating rooms, the Coalition reports.
  • For the last year, the Coalition researched the unused capacity in local public hospitals through Freedom of Information requests and interviews with surgical staff.
  • Funded private for-profit hospitals at double the rate per surgery than it funds public hospitals.
  • “A few for-profit corporations are being enriched by the Ford government’s privatization scheme while our public hospitals and patients pay the price.

REPEAT: New report exposes harmful impact of Ford government’s privatization scheme on local public hospitals: Health Coalition

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星期三, 二月 21, 2024
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A new report to be released by the Ontario Health Coalition takes aim at those claims and exposes the impact of the Ford government’s drive to privatize public hospital services on local public hospitals across the province.

Key Points: 
  • A new report to be released by the Ontario Health Coalition takes aim at those claims and exposes the impact of the Ford government’s drive to privatize public hospital services on local public hospitals across the province.
  • The report, based on a year-long study looking at local hospitals across Ontario, reveals the concrete costs – both financial costs to patients and the province and services losses to local communities-- of the transfer of resources away from our public hospitals to for-profit clinics and hospitals.
  • The report includes information on hospitals in every region of the province.
  • Brampton - Outside Brampton Civic Hospital, corner of Bramalea Rd & Bovaird Dr.

New report exposes harmful impact of Ford government’s privatization scheme on local public hospitals: Health Coalition

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星期二, 二月 20, 2024
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A new report to be released by the Ontario Health Coalition takes aim at those claims and exposes the impact of the Ford government’s drive to privatize public hospital services on local public hospitals across the province.

Key Points: 
  • A new report to be released by the Ontario Health Coalition takes aim at those claims and exposes the impact of the Ford government’s drive to privatize public hospital services on local public hospitals across the province.
  • The report, based on a year-long study looking at local hospitals across Ontario, reveals the concrete costs – both financial costs to patients and the province and services losses to local communities-- of the transfer of resources away from our public hospitals to for-profit clinics and hospitals.
  • The report includes information on hospitals in every region of the province.
  • Brampton - Outside Brampton Civic Hospital, corner of Bramalea Rd & Bovaird Dr.

New report exposes harmful impact of Ford government’s privatization scheme on local public hospitals: Health Coalition

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星期日, 二月 18, 2024
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A new report to be released by the Ontario Health Coalition takes aim at those claims and exposes the impact of the Ford government’s drive to privatize public hospital services on local public hospitals across the province.

Key Points: 
  • A new report to be released by the Ontario Health Coalition takes aim at those claims and exposes the impact of the Ford government’s drive to privatize public hospital services on local public hospitals across the province.
  • The report, based on a year-long study looking at local hospitals across Ontario, reveals the concrete costs – both financial costs to patients and the province and services losses to local communities-- of the transfer of resources away from our public hospitals to for-profit clinics and hospitals.
  • The report includes information on hospitals in every region of the province.
  • Brampton - Outside Brampton Civic Hospital, corner of Bramalea Rd & Bovaird Dr.
    More communities will be joining in.

Ontario Health Coalition: Families & Advocates Announce Legal Action as Ford Government Grants New Long-Term Care Licenses to Corporations with Hideous Records

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星期二, 二月 13, 2024
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Two hundred and six of Orchard Villa’s 233 residents contracted COVID-19 and more than 70 died.

Key Points: 
  • Two hundred and six of Orchard Villa’s 233 residents contracted COVID-19 and more than 70 died.
  • At 30 deaths per 100 residents, Orchard Villa has one of the worst pandemic death records in Ontario.
  • This should have been its own “never again” contend the families and the Health Coalition, but it does not end there.
  • “The Ford government promised accountability but is doing the opposite,” said Natalie Mehra, executive director of the Ontario Health Coalition.

MEDIA ADVISORY: Families & Advocates Announce Court Action as Ford Government Grants New Long-Term Care Licenses to Corporations with Hideous Records

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星期一, 二月 12, 2024
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TORONTO, Feb. 12, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Far from the stronger accountability promised after horrific conditions were exposed by the military in long-term care, the Ford government has decided to reward the worst of the long-term care chain companies by approving a new 30-year license and proposal to expand operations at the Orchard Villa site.

Key Points: 
  • TORONTO, Feb. 12, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Far from the stronger accountability promised after horrific conditions were exposed by the military in long-term care, the Ford government has decided to reward the worst of the long-term care chain companies by approving a new 30-year license and proposal to expand operations at the Orchard Villa site.
  • The Ontario Health Coalition, together with the daughter of a man who perished in the home will announce a new court action regarding the government’s failure to live up to their obligations to protect residents from companies that do not provide safe and adequate care.