PRIVATIZATION EASY ACCESS LIST: Major Privatization Reports, Analyses, Backgrounders, Fact Sheets, Briefing Notes & Media Releases

Posted: September 29, 2020

On this page you can find a roundup of Ontario Health Coalition Privatization:

1. Reports & Analyses
2. Backgrounders, Facts Sheets & Briefing Notes
3. Media Releases

Reports/Analyses

• ANALYSIS: Ontario Health Coalition Analysis of Bill 60, Your Health Act March 10, 2023
• FACT SHEET: Two-Tier Health Care and Private Clinics March 8, 2022
• REPORT: Public Money, Private Profit: The Ford Government & the Privatization of the Next Generation of Ontario’s Long-Term Care November 29, 2021
• RELEASE & ANALYSIS: Health Care Omnibus Bill Sets Up Ontario for Health System Mega-Mergers & Privatization: Worse than the Leaked Draft, Health Coalition Warns February 27, 2019
• RELEASE: Private Clinics & the Threat to Public Medicare in Canada: Results of Surveys with Private Clinics and Patients June 10, 2017
• ANALYSIS: Chamber of Commerce Privatization Report Poorly Researched, Not in Public Interest: Health Coalition March 15, 2016
• REPORT: Private Health Clinics Using Manipulative Tactics to Over-Bill Patients: Ontario Health Coalition Report July 17, 2014
• SUBMISSION: OHC Provincial Budget Submission July 17, 2014
• SUBMISSION: Submission on the proposed new regulation under the Independent Health Facilities Act (IHFA), 1990 and the proposed amendment to regulation 264/07 under the Local Health System Integration Act (LHSIA) 2006 October 10, 2013
• ANALYSIS: Ontario Conservative Party Health Paper A Recipe for Privatization September 10, 2012
• RELEASE: Schedule 28 Update: Weak amendments to McGuinty omnibus budget bill facilitate sweeping privatization – Citizens’ groups call for privatization clause to be struck down June 15, 2012
• REPORT: Private Clinics Report: Eroding Public Medicare: Lessons and Consequences of For-Profit Health Care Across Canada October 6, 2008
• REPORT: Private Clinics Report: First Do No Harm October 1, 2007
• MEDICARE WORKS! Town Hall Reports September 23, 2006
• LEGAL OPINION: Legal Opinion on Proposed Copeman Clinic January 19, 2006
• REPORT: Scanning For Profit: A Critical Review of the Evidence Regarding For-Profit MRI and CT Clinics September 1, 2002
• REPORT: McMaster Study Shows Mortality Rates Higher in For-Profit Hospitals July 15, 2002
• REPORT: Ownership Matters: Lessons from Ontario’s Long Term Care Facilities May 27, 2002

Backgrounders/Fact Sheets/Briefing Notes

• RELEASE & BRIEFING NOTE: Patients Who Have Been Extra-Billed Thousands of Dollars in Ontario Private Clinics Join Advocates to Call Out Ford Government’s False Claims February 27, 2023
• RELEASE & BRIEFING NOTE: The Ford government lied to the public re. their privatization of public hospital services: Health Coalition demands Ford stop their privatization of our hospitals, kicks off major campaign to save our local public hospitals October 26, 2022
• BRIEFING NOTE & QUESTIONS FOR CANDIDATES: Municipal Election Key Health Care Issues September 27, 2022
• FACT CHECKER & RELEASE: Health Coalition response to Ford government’s plans to move seniors out of hospitals & privatize hospital diagnostics and surgeries to for-profit clinics and hospitals August 19, 2022
• RELEASE & BRIEFING NOTE: The Privatization of COVID-19 Testing in Ontario March 30, 2022
• FACT SHEET: The Privatization of Ontario’s Public Hospital Services March 8, 2022
• FACT SHEET: Why Stop the Privatization of Long-Term Care March 8, 2022
• FACT SHEET: Two-Tier Health Care and Private Clinics March 8, 2022
• FACT SHEET: Home Care Privatization March 8, 2022
• JUST THE FACTS: Facts About Health Care, Cuts & Privatization March 3, 2022
• RELEASE: Ontario Budget: Health Coalition is Watching for Sufficient Health Funding, Strings Attached in For-Profit LTC & A Stop to the Ford Government’s Privatization of Health Care March 24, 2021
• RELEASE & BACKGROUNDER: Health Coalition Demands that Ford Government Stop Privatizing Health Care Under Cover of COVID-19: “There is no excuse not to use reopen & ramp up existing capacity in public system”, Coalition will do everything in its power to stop the undermining of public health care September 24, 2020
• UPDATE: Mounting Health Care Cuts November 20, 2019
• UPDATE: Mounting Health Care Cuts August 3, 2019
• BRIEFING NOTE: Ontario Health Coalition Briefing Note on Ontario Cabinet Shuffle: Deep Concerns about Ideological Positions of New Minister of Long-Term Care & Associate Minister of Mental Health & Addictions June 21, 2019
• BRIEFING NOTE: List of local hospital and health services cuts/mergers/privatization May 30, 2019
• URGENT UPDATE: Undeniable signals Doug Ford intends major health care privatization April 18, 2019
• URGENT UPDATE: FORD GOV’T SWEEPING HEALTH CARE RESTRUCTURING BILL March 27, 2019
• CALL-OUT: November 21 Giant Rally at Queen’s Park to STOP the private clinics October 24, 2014
• BRIEFING NOTE: New Legal Regulations Planned by Ontario’s Liberal Government to Cut Community Hospital Services and Expand Private Clinics October 8, 2013
• FACT SHEET: Comparison of Public Hospitals Act to Independent Health Facilities Act August 8, 2013
• REPORT: The Austerity Index Part I: Health Care cuts and deficits across Ontario December 5, 2012
• BACKGROUNDER: The Drummond Commission: A Cover for Cuts and Privatization January 23, 2012
• BACKGROUNDER: B.C. Private Clinics Challenge to Single-Tier Health Care January 1, 2011
• BACKGROUNDER: Canadian Constitution Foundation Challenge Against Single-Tier Medicare May 31, 2007
• BACKGROUNDER: Ontario Health Coalition Backgrounder on Private Clinics March 22, 2007
• OHC: URGENT ALERT March 22, 2007
• Save Public Medicare! Information March 20, 2007
• Billions in Public Taxes Risked by P3 Hospital Privatization: 100 Failed, Flawed and Abandoned Projects Used to Warn Politicians April 7, 2005
• RELEASE/BACKGROUNDER: “Payments for care at private for-profit and private not-for-profit hospitals: a systematic review and meta-analysis” June 6, 2004
• BRIEFING NOTE: For-Profit MRI/CT Clinics April 22, 2003
• FACT SHEET: Funny Numbers – Ontario Health Coalition Brief on Ministry of Health Publicity re. For-Profit MRI/CT Clinics March 1, 2003
• FACT SHEET: Women and Medicare: Privatization of Medicare and Women February 1, 2003
• BACKGROUNDER: “The Pulse” OHC Newsletter – Private MRI and CT Clinics September 3, 2002
• FACT SHEET: Public Private Partnerships of Profit Over patients? The Facts About For-Profit Hospitals September 2, 2002
• FACT SHEET: Medicare’s Critics: Back to the “Good Old Days”? January 11, 2002
• FACT SHEET: Privatization Fact Sheet: Why NOT Privatize May 11, 2001
• FACT SHEET: Health Care Spending: The Facts May 1, 2001
• FACT SHEET: Health Facts: Privatization May 11, 1999

Media Releases

• RELEASE & BRIEFING NOTE: Patients Who Have Been Extra-Billed Thousands of Dollars in Ontario Private Clinics Join Advocates to Call Out Ford Government’s False Claims February 27, 2023
• RELEASE: Calling Ford’s plans to privatize Ontario’s public hospital surgeries a “fatal threat” and a “terrible blow” to our public hospitals, health advocates vow major fightback January 16, 2023
• RELEASE & BRIEFING NOTE: The Ford government lied to the public re. their privatization of public hospital services: Health Coalition demands Ford stop their privatization of our hospitals, kicks off major campaign to save our local public hospitals October 26, 2022
• RELEASE: Health Coalitions denounce for-profit deal by Canadian Blood Services that endangers Canada’s Blood Supply September 20, 2022
• FACT CHECKER & RELEASE: Health Coalition response to Ford government’s plans to move seniors out of hospitals & privatize hospital diagnostics and surgeries to for-profit clinics and hospitals August 19, 2022
• RELEASE: Ontario Election Health Care Primer: Health Coalition Brings Warning and Outlines Key Issues as the Writ Drops May 5, 2022
• RELEASE & BRIEFING NOTE: The Privatization of COVID-19 Testing in Ontario March 30, 2022
• FACT SHEET: Two-Tier Health Care and Private Clinics March 8, 2022
• RELEASE: Ford Government is Awarding Thousands of Long-Term Care Beds to For-Profit Chains with Ghastly Records of Death and Suffering: New Coalition Report November 29, 2021
• RELEASE: Ontario Budget: Health Coalition is Watching for Sufficient Health Funding, Strings Attached in For-Profit LTC & A Stop to the Ford Government’s Privatization of Health Care March 24, 2021
• RELEASE: Health Coalitions Call for Increased Federal Health Care Funding and Accountability December 10, 2020
• RELEASE: Throne Speech: Premiers Should Not Play Partisan Politics with Health Care; Concrete Commitments Needed From Provincial & Federal Governments September 29, 2020
• RELEASE: Victory for Patients Over Private Clinics in B.C. Court Challenge: Historic Victory Against Profit-Driven Health Care September 10, 2020
• RELEASE: Ford’s ambulance and public health cuts and restructuring come with high costs, reduced services: Coalition warns April 18, 2019
• VIDEO: Doug Ford and Health Minister Christine Elliott obfuscate questions on health privatization March 27, 2019
• RELEASE: Ford Government is Steamrolling Health Restructuring Law Through in “Outrageously Undemocratic” Process Warns Health Coalition: Local Services at Risk March 18, 2019
• RELEASE: Warning that Leaked Health Care Omnibus Bill Would Create Health Care Chaos: Longstanding Leaders of Organizations Representing Patients, Care Workers, Doctors February 11, 2019
• RELEASE: Leaked Draft Health Care Legislation a “Gargantuan Nightmare Scenario”: Community and Labour Groups Join Forces for Major Fightback February 1, 2019
• RELEASE: Thousands Demand Doug Ford Disavow Health Care Privatization and Cuts – Other Political Parties Respond Positively to Coalition’s Demand for Services to be Rebuilt & Restored October 23, 2018
• RELEASE: Ontario Election 2018 Health Care Resources June 4, 2018
• RELEASE: $22 billion in cuts to funding for public services planned by Mr. Ford, worse than Harris, we are “extremely worried” June 3, 2018
• RELEASE: Provincial Election Discussion Should be About Rebuilding Public Hospitals & Long-Term Care Not “Efficiencies” or “Lean” or Code Words for Cuts: Health Coalition Calls for Concrete Commitments to Redress the Crisis in Access to Care May 16, 2018
• RELEASE: Deeply concerned about Doug Ford’s planned revenue cuts, comparison of parties’ commitments on key health care issues April 13, 2018
• RELEASE: Public Home Care Would Benefit Ontarians Despite Claims of Vested Interests/For-Profit Home Care Companies: Health Coalition Calls for More Details November 6, 2017
• RELEASE: Wynne Government’s Hospital Bed Announcement a Temporary Band-Aid But Health Coalition Slams Expanding Health Care Privatization October 23, 2017
• RELEASE: Coalition Warns Health Minister: Privatization of Ontario’s Health Systems for Patient Records and Information Will Incite Massive Public Opposition October 7, 2016
• RELEASE: User fees threatened for patients across Canada if court challenge negotiations fail to uphold Medicare September 29, 2014
• RELEASE: More than 80,000 Ontarians Vote to Stop Wynne Government Plan to Cut Local Community Hospitals and Contract Out Care to Private Clinics: Health Care Advocates Call On the Premier and New Health Minister to Stop the Privatization Plan July 17, 2014
• RELEASE: More than 56,000 Ontarians vote to stop the dismantling of community hospitals in volunteer-led referendum: Health Coalition July 17, 2014
• RELEASE: Ontario’s Wynne Government Plans to Bring In Private Clinics: Threatens Non-Profit Community Hospital Care July 17, 2014
• RELEASE: “OHC Austerity Index Part II” details how Hospital Cuts and Privatization Reach New Levels: Coalition Announces “S.O.S.” – Save Our Services – Day of Action January 25, 2013
• RELEASE: McGuinty Warned to Stop Health Care Privatization: OHC Responds to Drummond Commission December 7, 2011
• RELEASE: Coalition Applauds McGuinty Government for Taking Steps to Safeguard Single-Tier Medicare June 21, 2011
• RELEASE: OHC Calls on McGuinty Government to Stop NHS Privatization Plan in Welland April 28, 2011
• RELEASE: OHC Response to Throne Speech: Fears that New Hospital Funding System Threatens Patient Access, Leads to Privatization March 8, 2010
• RELEASE: Documents Revealed Through Freedom of Information Request Show Increasing Privatization and Consolidation of Ontario’s Medical Laboratory Services October 8, 2009
• RELEASE: Tory’s Health Platform: A Recipe For Privatization May 24, 2007
• RELEASE: Legal Challenge to Medicare: Charter Challenge against Medicare in Ontario opportunistic and dishonest May 2, 2007
• RELEASE: Private Clinic Aligns with Conservatives in Misleading Campaign to Privatize Health System March 22, 2007
• RELEASE: Ontario Health Coalition Slams Private Clinic Proposal & John Tory’s Support for Privatization March 16, 2007
• RELEASE: Health Coalitions Accuse Harper Government of Allowing Privatization and Not Improving the Public System February 5, 2007
• RELEASE: Two-Tier Health Clinic in Kingston Contravenes Law: OHC Calls on Ministry to Take Action December 12, 2006
• RELEASE: Legal Opinion on the Copeman Clinic January 30, 2006
• Toronto Star Editorial: Public health care cheapest and best December 22, 2005
• Up to 23 New Hospitals to Be Privatized Under Government’s 5-Year Infrastructure Plan: Coalition Launches Major Plebiscite to Keep Hospitals Public May 25, 2005
• Budget Announcement Outlines Wholesale Hospital Privatization: Health Coalition Outraged at Betrayal May 11, 2005
• Billions in Public Taxes Risked by P3 Hospital Privatization: 100 Failed, Flawed and Abandoned Projects Used to Warn Politicians April 7, 2005
• Billions in Public Taxes Risked by P3 Hospital Privatization: 100 Failed, Flawed and Abandoned Projects Used to Warn Politicians April 7, 2005
• RELEASE: MRI – CT In-Hospital Investment Applauded by Ontario Health Coalition February 4, 2005
• RELEASE: MRI Buyback A Sound Investment – Health Coalition Slams Tory Hypocricy July 23, 2004
• RELEASE: Coalition says private operator not appropriate for mental health and addictions facility on Queen September 9, 2003
• RELEASE: Profits poached from public health: Ontario government must cancel for-profit MRI and CT clinic, says Ontario Health Coalition August 6, 2003
• RELEASE: For-Profit Hospitals & Clinics threaten the future of Medicare: Ontario Health Coalition Launches Fight Back March 31, 2003
• RELEASE: Coalition casts doubt on Clement’s MRI numbers, calls them “Unbelievable” February 28, 2003
• RELEASE: Eves guilty of hidden money, misspending: Ontario Health Coalition February 4, 2003
• RELEASE: For-Profit MRI & CT Scan Update: Clement says he’s looking at it, Eves says “policy is evolving” September 25, 2002
• RELEASE: For-Profit MRI and CT clinics Slower, More Expensive, More Risky: Report September 19, 2002
• RELEASE: Banff Health Ministers’ Meeting: Minister Clement’s Semantics Disguise Fatal Poison Pill: Health Coalition Warns September 4, 2002
• RELEASE: For-Profit MRIs and CT Scans Extremely Grave Threat: Ontario Health Coalition Warns of Public Response July 8, 2002
• RELEASE: Throne Speech – Tories still stuck in privatization rut May 10, 2002
• RELEASE: What Doesn’t the CD Howe Institute Understand About Who Pays for Health Costs? May 1, 2002
• RELEASE: End Botched Cancer Care Privatization Now! December 13, 2001
• RELEASE: Senate Report Fatally Biased October 29, 2001
• RELEASE: US and Canadian Activists Target Health Privateers August 9, 2001
• RELEASE: More than $190,000 in political donations from another big winner in Harris health policy March 21, 2001
• RELEASE: Health Care Watchdog Slams Privatization of Cancer Treatment in Ontario February 19, 2001
• RELEASE: Telehealth Launch a Milestone in Privatization Agenda February 15, 2001
• RELEASE: Community Activists Come Together in Sudbury to Form Local Health Coalition and Organize Public Forum on Privatization March 20, 2000
• RELEASE: Witmer’s Home Care Policies Forcing Privatization January 24, 2000
• RELEASE: Tory Support for Private, For-Profit Sector Increasing Cost of Health Care January 10, 2000