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Citizen's movement to safeguard and improve our public health care, under the principles of equity and compassion that underlie the Canada Health Act. We fight to stop cuts & privatization.
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Fact checker: Americans pay more IN TAXES for health care than do Canadians...but they don't get it. Medical costs are the number one cause of bankruptcy in the U.S. No thanks Donald Trump. The facts ⤵️ with comparative charts ⤵️⤵️ 1/

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

Doug Ford has taken a wrecking ball to #Hamilton health care. The starvation of public health care is not only widespread but deliberate. @nancyolivieri.bsky.social and OCHU-CUPE www.thespec.com/opinion/cont... #onpoli #healthcare #ontario

submitted 11 days ago • 2 comments

David was charged >$8,000 for cataract surgery by a private clinic. The Ford govt is doing nothing to stop these illegal user fees. Instead, they gave large volume contracts to for-profit cataract clinics. Please, look at the record on health care when you vote. #onpoli

submitted 11 days ago • 2 comments

1/2 After she left office, the Ford govt’s former Health Minister Christine Elliott became a lobbyist for a corporation that owns a for-profit hospital. #onpoli #ontario #election

submitted 12 days ago • 1 comment

#Ontario funds our public #healthcare at the lowest rate per person in Canada. Please consider the future of our public health care system when you vote. StopForProfitHealthCare.ca #onpoli #election

submitted 12 days ago • 2 comments

Elderly patients are being charged record-breaking out-of-pocket fees in private clinics for surgeries. Instead of enforcing the law to stop these private clinics, the Ford government is expanding them. StopForProfitHealthCare.ca #onpoli #ontario #healthcare #election #vote

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

By Sept 2024, the highest number ever – 2,000 patients on avg each day – were waiting on stretchers in hospital hallways. This is more than double the number in 2018 when the Ford govt was elected. StopForProfitHealthCare.ca #onpoli

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

In 2023, there were 1,199 closures of emergency departments, urgent care centres & more. By Dec 2024, the number of emerg department closures had broken all records. Before 2018 when the Ford govt took power, emerg department closures were almost unheard of. StopForProfitHealthCare.ca #onpoli

submitted 14 days ago • 0 comments

In 2016, before the Ford govt was elected, 1.3 million Ontarians did not have a family doctor. By July 2024, there were 2.5 million Ontarians without a family doctor. Please, consider public #healthcare when you vote. www.StopForProfitHealthCare.ca #onpoli

submitted 14 days ago • 0 comments

Our public #healthcare has never been in such crisis & disarray, from a million more Ontarians w/o a family doctor to a record number of emergency department closures. Please, #vote to protect & improve public health care or we're going to lose it. www.StopForProfitHealthCare.ca #onpoli #ontario

submitted 15 days ago • 1 comment