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.
People believing the lies fordnation spews, I have a bridge in Brooklyn to sell at dirt cheap price!! DM me to email me funds
I wonder what really has changed since I had a cataract surgery way before this announcement at a private clinic! It was already privatized.
Mask me baby!!
It's my understanding that the biggest health issue is staffing especially when it comes to nurses. So now even more will leave public hospitals to work at private clinics the way they've gone to work at agencies.
Is it a joint resignation? Please let it be a joint resignation.
'Never mind healthcare here's a buck for some beer'.
What, this announcement?
But somehow thes clinics won’t pilfer nurses and doctors away from our already overburdened hospitals and clinics? So, we are just conjuring up doctors and nurses, now?
I am trying to figure out how Doug Ford will use private operators to reduce the backlog of surgeries if Ontario still has the same number of doctors and nurses. Will the public system become more backlogged? onpoli
The privatization of our healthcare is underway. FordfailedOntario
'Folks, my donors need to make more money.'
What are they destroying today I wonder?
Every healthcare worker who has given their opinion has stated, ForProfit healthcare will cause more problems. Pretty sure that is what he will be announcing
Here it comes. Start of privatization. Thanks to all Ontarians who decided not to vote inlast election. Well, get ready for two-card health care. OHIP & CREDIT. Ford claims at no extra cost. Look at fees recently put place at pharmacies for their new medical dispensing. He lies.
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Tell us more about how you are giving OUR public money to your rich donors and friends, Doug. You are dismantling Ontario’s public healthcare infrastructure so we will be beholden to billionaires and their companies and will lose control of medical system. FordfailedOntario
Get your home mortgage ready to re-mortgage ( if you have enough capital to do so) for that hip surgery. USA COST. about 31K to 45K Canadian funds at 60k can you afford that? Or would you rather pay a few hundred buck a year to get open heart surgery if needed. NevervoteCon
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Everytime when PC is in power, our health care system is in jeopardy. So choose your party wisely in the next election.
REMINDER: Ontario’s health minister ONLY has a diploma in radio broadcasting. NO medical background. MAKE IT MAKE SENSE.
Is he announcing his retirement, because that would be a good thing.
By doing this Doug Ford is moving public tax dollars over to help privatized healthcare and defunding public healthcare. Doug Ford is harming, hurting, unfortunately killing every Conservative leaning Man Woman and Child of Cinservative leaning. Everyone one of us for his gain.
🥱 bring on lazy media.
I think anyone interested in investing in privatized health care should be careful. The next government can simply outlaw the practice without compensation. Not that I care, even a little bit, about investors...
Get your Vasectomy at Shoppers Drug Mart half price with the purchase of condoms. ? 😜
Everyone not in favor of Doug Ford’s Americanization of our politics and the lies and deception that is rampant in Republican and conservative circles need to remember what has been done can be undone. Vote them out.
Donut machines in hospitals and long term care homes?
Only the rich will be able to afford health care, right Dougie! uncanadian TommyDouglasWouldBeAshamedOfYou DougFord GougingOntario ShadyGreenbeltDeal StinksOfCorruption
He’s quitting?
Ontario Place trashed, healthcare trashed, education trashed, greenbelt trashed, what is next?
Taxpayers want to know the facts about the privatization of our Healthcare.. not he said, she said.
He owes too many people in the private sector. He is the corruption he argued against in Toronto's City Hall. onpoli fordnation
private clinics, ya we know, you're tanking our health care
Get ready, another colonoscopy a la Ford.
Corrupt politicians giving away the province to profiteers
Doug Ford continues to destroy what left if our Public Healthcare! Doug Ford must be STOPPED!
I hope this is about privatized healthcare. Liberals have shown they can't do it without being Nazis.
The best announcement he could make is that he is stepping down from politics.
I'm impressed that the Premier continues to clear up the healthcare mess left behind by the Liberals onpoli
fordnation is finally releasing the mandate letters? fordnation is finally reestablishing the allocation of money to healthcare? fordnation is finally addressing the low pay of healthcare workers? Or, better, fordnation is calling an election as he is incapable of the job?
Oh here comes the private hospitals he wants to build with tax dollars for his private care donors and lobbyists.
Whatever it is I’m sure it will benefit fordnation and his cronies and not the people of Ontario.
Let him speak more often because the more he does the rating goes down
10 joints for $10. Get them before they are gone.
Ontarians should be protesting in droves over this!
FordfailedOntario
He is such a sack of 💩
Here's a preview :
We need to shut this Province down and let corrupt fordnation and Company where we stand because will never hold them accountable!
Haven't ever listened to him, not about to start now.
RESIGN OR WE DONT WANNA HEAR IT
Announcements on how well his privatization plan is going. And how he's doing well at killing unions.
I got 5 on it
So, let me get this straight… Doug Ford is still fighting nurses in court after illegally taking $8B in salaries from workers, and now is also asking them to work at private surgery clinics in their “spare time”? This guy has no soul.
You don't make a joint, you roll a joint
How much more can he fuck up public health? We'll be getting out answers
You mean the health minister who has a degree in broadcasting? Can't wait.
Here comes the smokescreen, it will be news to benefit the public. It is only to steer everyone away from Doug Ford's announcement about privatizing the medical clinics. Follow The Money cbcnelisha CTVToronto
Good god. Haven’t we had enough pain inflicted upon us in the past week
But will the media hold them accountable is the question? FordfailedOntario FordfailedOntario
Shoppers pharmacists will be performing same day minor surgery now ..they have it all setup in the back of local Shoppers Drug Mart !
Selling more of our health care no doubt
And this is how it starts.... Privatization of healthcare. Remember, Ford wants surgeries done during spare time. So these doctors will be dead tired with no rest performing surgeries. What could go wrong.
Basic over the counter medication is out of stock everywhere. Sad state of current affairs
Gawd!! What is it now Privatization of sidewalks?
Dear fordnation and SylviaJonesMPP you can have all the announcements you want and play pretend the photo ops are fooling people....but they aren't. Can you spare us the spin? It's hard enough to go through the effects of your destruction and listen to your nonsense.
Is this a long run PLAN to TRANSITION to PRIVATIZE Health Care? JustinTrudeau cafreeland fordnation CTVToronto CBCNews OntariosDoctors
You guys gonna do your bloody jobs today and ask Ford about adding a profit element to our failing healthcare system? Or just continue to act as stenographers?
Hopefully the announcement is they both resign
This is what I recommend. We need everyone involved, especially the media. No one tune in, ignore it completely. Media, don’t show up, no questions, nothing. It’s not like this guy ever says anything meaningful anyway. Im serious. I’m pretend this never happened.
Joint...as in knee, hip, elbow, etc? That is what he considers as 'minor' procedures. 🤦♀️Why is there no outrage over this? Are you excited by this model of healthcare? I'm not! May your remain healthy! Remember Ontario, you voted Ford in with a majority government. 🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️
Says 10am. Want to bet he’s late.
I see what you did there 💨
Their resignation?
He solved it: Joints for all.
Trust me, there will be a massive buffet available with the svelte fordnation and SylviaJonesMPP in attendance.
These are the questions Ford and Jones need to be asked at the announcement. It's not likely they'll answer truthfully.
If you think that privatizing health care so more people could make more money wasn’t a major factor with all the overblown hype about Covid over the last 3 years, then you are a rube.
Yup. This is about privatizing healthcare and brining in pay-for surgeries. Privatization agenda = Fords goal !
Selling off hospitals probably.
Hey media when are you going to employ U.S style journalism (the benchmark around the world for journalists) and ask the tough real questions during the presser. Or are you content with the lack of investigating like always.
10x Optimum points on surgery for the remainder of January…check the shopper’s website for details? fireford
More lies. That’s all.
I’d say ask them the tough question, but who are we kidding here?
Judges, lawyers and cops are proof that there is no rule of law in Canada. They do things that would put normal people in jail or have consequences. Local media has ignored this problem ruthlessly and helped these bad actors stay hidden. For example:
Why 6am ?
'3rd party surgical clinics are a go...good luck to everyone..we did great work investing into healthcare...Trudeau bad..,full stop.'
Maybe we don’t pay out of pocket but they are paying these places more than OHIP rates this isn’t good.
Nice headline
Health care is now private. You've got to pay for your own health care. voteout_DougFord
An announcement about joints?
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