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Health coalition seeking more names to petition on halt to extra-billing in Ontario
Posted: November 8, 2025
(November 7, 2025) By: Randy Thoms, YourKenora.ca
The Ontario Health Coalition is turning to the federal government to halt private clinics in Ontario from over-billing patients.
The Coalition is petitioning the government to enforce the Canada Health Act, which prohibits such charges.
The healthcare advocacy group documented several cases last summer where patients paid thousands of dollars for cataract surgery.
It accuses the Ford government of redirecting thousands of surgeries from public hospitals to private clinics, a move intended to eliminate a backlog caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Coalition says the clinics are violating the Canada Health Act by charging patients.
Attempts by patients and the Coalition to recoup the money were made, but they have not seen any action or a response from the provincial Ministry of Health.
More than 5,000 have signed the petition.
The Coalition hopes thousands more Canadians will sign it before it presents the petition to the government in the coming months.
