, was passed by the Doug Ford government Monday at Queen’s Park and will go into effect once it receives Royal Assent.in February by Health Minister Sylvia Jones, who argued it was necessary to reduce the province’s large surgical backlog.
The province’s official opposition has repeatedly said the plan will result in a two-tiered system leading some patients to “jump to the front of the line.” “They did not engage in discussion. I would say they did not even listen to what we were saying,” Gelinas said.The legislation, also known as Bill 60, specifies that a physician at a private clinic shall not turn a patient away for choosing to pay with their OHIP card.
The Ontario Health Coalition, which advocates for publicly-funded health care while representing more than 500 member organizations and individuals, has said this oversight is not enough to combat what they have previously called“Before they brought in the legislation, Doug Ford said that they had guardrails, and they will they will be protecting against all sorts of things,” Natalie Mehra, executive director of the Ontario Health Coalition, told reporters.