Ottawa says it will deduct more than $1.27 million each from health-care transfers to Nova Scotia and New Brunswick to compensate for fees paid by patients in those provinces for medically necessary services.
The federal government says Nova Scotia will lose more than $1.27 million for fees collected in the province for diagnostic tests in the 2020-21 fiscal year.New Brunswick will lose the same amount as Nova Scotia for the same reason, as well as an additional $64,850 for allowing patients to be charged for abortions or other insured services at private clinics.
Restrictions in New Brunswick prohibit government funding for abortions conducted outside three approved hospitals in two cities.
If abortion is to be protected in this country, the federal government should spare no mercy on provinces deliberately reducing access. Measures like these are the definition of keeping the provinces accountable for healthcare
1.3 million funds abortions yet nothing for poor health care, eager to kill than let live.