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STEPHENSON: Canada’s women are carrying the load. Our health system should carry its share
The Canada Health Act, passed in 1984, enshrined publicly funded, physician-delivered, hospital-based care as the foundation ...
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Cataract billing by private clinics is subject of complaints by health-care group against Ontario and Ottawa - The Toronto Star
Ontario Health Coalition made complaints on behalf of 50 patients who say they experienced extra-billing when getting surgeries at private clinics.
National Post16d
Health Canada won't fight Alberta's plan to charge for COVID vaccines
Health Canada isn't quarrelling with Danielle Smith's announcement that most Albertans will have to pay out of pocket for COVID-19 shots.
Financial Post16d
Patient Advocates File Formal Complaints from 50 Patients, Call for Urgent Action to Stop Illegal Fees in Private Clinics - Financial Post
Under the Canada Health Act, patients are supposed to be protected against user charges and extra-billing for medically needed surgeries, diagnostic tests and physician services. Selling queue jumping ...
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Patient Advocates File Formal Complaints from 50 Patients, Call for Urgent Action to Stop Illegal Fees in Private Clinics - Yahoo Finance
Under the Canada Health Act, patients are supposed to be protected against user charges and extra-billing for medically needed surgeries, diagnostic tests and physician services.
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Health Canada won't fight Alberta's plan to charge for COVID vaccines
OTTAWA — Health Canada isn’t quarrelling with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s announcement that most Albertans will soon have to pay out of pocket for COVID-19 shots. Nicholas Janveau, a spokesperson ...
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Patient Advocates File Formal Complaints from 50 Patients, Call for Urgent Action to Stop Illegal Fees in Private Clinics - The Manila Times
Under the Canada Health Act, patients are supposed to be protected against user charges and extra-billing for medically needed surgeries, diagnostic tests and physician services. Selling queue jumping ...
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Patient Advocates to Issue Formal Complaint on Behalf of Patients Charged User Fees at Private Clinics - Montreal Gazette
The Coalition was involved in the public campaigns and hearings that led to the creation of the Canada Health Act which requires that medically needed surgeries, diagnostic tests and physician ...
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Patient Advocates to Issue Formal Complaint on Behalf of Patients Charged User Fees at Private Clinics - Financial Post
Attn: Newsdesk/Assignment EditorThe Ontario Health Coalition was formed more than 40 years ago to safeguard single-tier public medicare and advocate for the public interest in health care. The ...
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Opinion: We need to try doing health care the Swiss way - MSN
The Canada Health Act, meant to promote equity, prohibits flexibility. It’s a lowest-common-denominator model: rigid, bureaucratic and unresponsive to patient needs.
B.C.’s mental health law is on trial — and so is our commitment to human rights
One of the key reforms that CCD has long advocated for is the right for people to name a family member or friend to be ...
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Health Canada won't fight Alberta's plan to charge for COVID vaccines - MSN
OTTAWA — Health Canada isn’t quarrelling with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s announcement that most Albertans will soon have to pay out of pocket for COVID-19 shots.