Premier Doug Ford’s office offered no details about the 10 a.m. press conference in Toronto alongside Health Minister Sylvia Jones.
But government sources previously told The Canadian Press the province intends to unveil a multi-phase plan to start performing thousands of publicly funded surgeries in private clinics in an effort to tackle a massive backlog. They said the first phase will focus on expansion of cataract surgeries, followed by a second stage that expands into low complex orthopedic surgeries like knee and hip replacements, as well as diagnostic tests.
The sources said the goal is to take low acuity, low complexity surgeries outside the beleaguered hospital system. Ford hinted at the move last week, saying the province needs independent health facilities to address the growing surgical backlog and assuring patients they will not have to pay out of pocket for them.
Two reasons, why Ontario Health Care is in a mess. 1)Health Care equalization payments cut from 50% to 22% and Doug Ford, took, the money he was allocated to fight covid-19 , to other parts of the budget balancing the budget in a pandemic year.
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Stop announcing announcements. That’s not news. Also preemptively leaking policies to gauge public opinion is weak. It shows how out of touch they truly are.
Great move. Now we can move on from equally bad healthcare for all.
Credit card trope will be rehashed. 200x.
People acting like a two tiered system isn't the norm in most of the G20. Lol
There we go ..
Suddenly I feel nauseous!
I'll save you the bother of listening to this dolt. 'We have no money for public Healthcare, so we're gonna pay our friends to do some private Healthcare. It's gonna be really good for our friends, who are currently so poor that they can't even afford a 4th vacation home'....
More 'we can't afford to help so go private' announcements?
Nobody elected him to destroy public health and education. fordnation FordfailedOntario NeverVoteConservative
They must resign. No one elected them to destroy public health care.
My friends... blah blah blah we are in this together
Nobody trusts this jerk one bit! Privatized medical services will be something we are looking back on in 10 years and asking “how did we allow this to happen “
He looks unwell. Cross your fingers. And before you cue the rage, spare me. He's responsible for the deaths of countless Ontarians while pursuing privatization at all costs, starting with over 4k dead seniors in LTC.
Easy profits for donors and no help at all for existing issues.
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