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about 1 year ago
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Justin Trudeau thinks public pressure will save health care. He forgets how shameless the provinc...

Provinces will be held to account on how they’re spending extra health dollars because they are going to have to be m...

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over 1 year ago
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‘Status quo is just not working’: Doug Ford rallies Maritime premiers in push to change how healt...

Warning “the status quo is just not working” in health care, Premier Doug Ford is rallying his counterparts in Atlant...

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over 1 year ago
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Sylvia Jones warns ‘status quo’ in Ontario health care is not sustainable

Health Minister Sylvia Jones is signalling the prescription for what ails Ontario’s overburdened health-care system i...

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over 1 year ago
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Doug Ford says health-care reforms loom, but OHIP will continue to cover services

Premier Doug Ford is making vague promises of health-care reform, but insists any changes prescribed would be fully p...

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over 1 year ago
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Herpes. Hay Fever. Sexual ‘deviations.’ Doctors cite dubious conditions when billing for patients...

Data also reveals just 20 doctors have billed for filing 15 percent of all medical condition reports in Ontario. Expe...

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over 1 year ago
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Are thousands of uninsured people about to lose health coverage in Ontario? Fears grow about end ...

With many pandemic public health policies either relaxed or scraped, advocates in Ontario fear that the province’s in...

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about 2 years ago
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Ontario extends OHIP coverage to Ukrainians taking refuge here from Russian invasion

Ontario measure follows similar steps in Saskatchewan and Quebec

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over 2 years ago
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PC MPP slams ‘heavy-handed’ Ford government over standoff with optometrists

One of Premier Doug Ford’s MPPs is accusing his government of “heavy-handed tactics” in a standoff over fees paid to ...

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about 3 years ago
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This top-billing doctor — who charged the province for performing a procedure at a rate experts s...

“He got a slap on the wrist and I got a slap in the face,” said one patient. Dr. Anjema’s lawyer said the doctor has ...

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over 3 years ago
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First Person | Turned away and told to wait: My frustrating experience navigating the COVID-19 pa...

As a temporary resident not eligible for OHIP coverage, I have faced delays and obstacles trying to get COVID-19 test...

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over 3 years ago
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‘That’s an injection mill.’ Ontario’s top-billing pain doctors capitalize on province’s lax rules...

Patients swear by the injections. The doctors who support the procedure say they help those suffering with chronic pa...

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over 3 years ago
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Chronic pain patients praise nerve blocks for freeing them from the shackles of pain

The Star spoke to more than a dozen chronic pain patients. Some of them get weekly nerve blocks and others wait as lo...

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over 3 years ago
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Ontario optometrists are redirecting patients to ERs to protest underfunding. The strategy is cos...

The negotiation tactic is under fire for treating patients like ‘cannon fodder’ while Ontario continues to combat COV...

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over 4 years ago
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How much do doctors bill OHIP for services? Star database reveals figures for 30,000 physicians

The Star is able to share this database following a five-year quest for public access to the billing records. After O...

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