{"id":18595,"date":"2022-02-22T14:10:18","date_gmt":"2022-02-22T19:10:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/?p=18595"},"modified":"2022-03-10T00:13:51","modified_gmt":"2022-03-10T05:13:51","slug":"health-care-privatization-an-election-issue-ontario-health-coalition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/index.php\/health-care-privatization-an-election-issue-ontario-health-coalition\/","title":{"rendered":"Health-care privatization an election issue: Ontario Health Coalition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(Feb 20, 2022)<\/p>\n<p>By: Tyler Clarke, Sudbury.com<\/p>\n<p>The Ontario Health Coalition held a virtual media conference on Friday to indicate that they intend to make the privatization of health care an election issue in advance of this year\u2019s provincial election<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vmcdn.ca\/f\/files\/sudbury\/images\/LocalImages\/010921_tc_dot_carp-2.JPG;w=960\" alt=\"010921_TC_Dot_CARP 2\" width=\"572\" height=\"322\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Dot Klein, co-chair of the Sudbury chapter of the Ontario Health Coalition, is seen listening during a federal all-candidates debate in Greater Sudbury last year.<span class=\"caption-byline\">Tyler Clarke \/ Sudbury.com<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Sounding alarms that Ontario\u2019s Progressive Conservative government plans on ramping up the privatization of health-care services, an advocacy group is striving to make it an election issue.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, the Ontario Health Coalition hosted a virtual media conference hoisting a comment Health Minister Christine Elliott made several days ago as a \u201cbombshell.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During a <a class=\"ga ga-ext\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/player\/play\/1998422595853?utm_source=sudbury.com&amp;utm_campaign=sudbury.com%3A%20outbound&amp;utm_medium=referral\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-ga-category=\"OutboundLink\" data-ga-action=\"OutboundLink\" data-ga-label=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/player\/play\/1998422595853\">speech in Ajax<\/a> promoting the reopening of health-care services, Elliott said, \u201cWe\u2019re opening up pediatric surgeries, cancer screenings, making sure that we can let independent health facilities operate, private hospitals, all of those things are possible because we do have the capacity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Profit has a troubling role in health care, Ontario Health Coalition executive director Natalie Mehra said, citing <a class=\"ga ga-ext\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/index.php\/category\/key-issues\/privatization\/?utm_source=sudbury.com&amp;utm_campaign=sudbury.com%3A%20outbound&amp;utm_medium=referral\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-ga-category=\"OutboundLink\" data-ga-action=\"OutboundLink\" data-ga-label=\"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/index.php\/category\/key-issues\/privatization\/\">various areas of privatization<\/a> as creating an environment ill-equipped to handling the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"ga ga-ext\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/index.php\/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\/?utm_source=sudbury.com&amp;utm_campaign=sudbury.com%3A%20outbound&amp;utm_medium=referral\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-ga-category=\"OutboundLink\" data-ga-action=\"OutboundLink\" data-ga-label=\"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/index.php\/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\/\">Of particular concern<\/a> within the government\u2019s \u201clitany\u201d of privatization, she said, has been the awarding of thousands of long-term care beds for for-profit chains. The coalition has expressed concern about private long-term care facilities even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sudbury.com\/local-news\/health-coalition-chair-long-term-care-homes-becoming-dangerous-places-to-live-1205944\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">before the pandemic<\/a>, and has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sudbury.com\/local-news\/health-coalition-chair-long-term-care-homes-becoming-dangerous-places-to-live-1205944\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reiterated their concern<\/a> in the months that followed, particularly as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sudbury.com\/local-news\/more-covid-19-deaths-at-for-profit-nursing-homes-in-ontario-study-finds-2587417\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">COVID-related death rate<\/a> at for-profit facilities was proven higher than that at public facilities.<\/p>\n<p>The province\u2019s recent mention of for-profit hospitals is of concern because legislation has prohibited the licensing of new private hospitals in Ontario since the early \u201970s. Existing hospitals were grandfathered in, and their ranks have fallen from 19 in 1980 to four today.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis will be an election issue, and with the help of all the people who care about public health care we will stop the privatization of our public health-care services,\u201d Mehra said. \u201cBut we have to make the fight. \u2026 If we don\u2019t make it public it will just happen behind the scenes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sudbury.com reached out to Minister Elliott\u2019s office for comment and received the following statement through press secretary Alexandra Hilkene:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMinister Elliott&#8217;s comments were in reference to the gradual resumption of non-urgent surgeries and procedures that may have been delayed as part of Directive #2 at public hospitals as well as existing Independent Health Facilities and private hospitals in Ontario. We recognize the impact the delay of certain surgeries and procedures has had on patients. These facilities perform publicly (OHIP) funded procedures and will ensure patients can access the health care they need when they need it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pressed further on the coalition\u2019s concern about the potential for an expanded privatization of health-care services and for more private hospitals to open, she said, \u201cNo, that is not accurate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s still too much ambiguity in government messaging for health-care advocates to be comfortable as the June 2 election date approaches, said Ontario Health Coalition Sudbury chapter co-chair Dot Klein.<\/p>\n<p>She believes that any expanded role afforded to private health-care facilities should be temporary \u2013 an assurance they have not received.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s kind of an open-ended statement that the government is making,\u201d she said. \u201cThe Ford government is not indicating if their immediate plans for extending the scope of private clinics is a temporary measure and for how long, and what would be the criteria to have it reversed and rechanneling public health care monies into public health care.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Greater Sudbury area\u2019s two NDP MPPs, France G\u00e9linas (Nickel Belt) and Jamie West (Sudbury) attended Friday\u2019s virtual conference and weighed in at the end with their respective takes on the situation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe privatization of our health-care system has been something going on for some time,\u201d G\u00e9linas said, adding that the physical therapy that follows hip and knee surgeries once done in public facilities is now done in private clinics.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe minute you transfer this into the community it will be based on who can pay,\u201d she said of expanding private health-care services, adding that those in the private sector \u201cfind a way to charge their patients to get the work done.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are many people who benefit financially, and we know that the premier looks out for his buddies,\u201d West said, adding that Canadians need to take a stand that protecting universal health care is important to them.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sudbury.com\/canadavotes2021\/private-or-public-advocate-urges-candidates-to-support-public-long-term-care-system-4303702\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Klein last publicly raised concerns<\/a> about the privatization of health-care services during an all-candidates debate held in Sudbury in advance of last year\u2019s federal election.<\/p>\n<p>Tyler Clarke covers city hall and political affairs for Sudbury.com.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget-dfp widget-dfp-null widget-inject widget-inject-centre widget-injected widget-dfp-fluid\" data-id=\"448362\" data-lazy=\"true\" data-widget=\"3\" data-per=\"100\" data-min=\"200\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sudbury.com\/top-stories\/health-care-privatization-an-election-issue-ontario-health-coalition-5083727\">Click here for original article<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Feb 20, 2022) By: Tyler Clarke, Sudbury.com The Ontario Health Coalition held a virtual media conference on Friday to indicate that they intend to make the privatization of health care an election issue in advance of this year\u2019s provincial election Dot Klein, co-chair of the Sudbury chapter of the Ontario Health Coalition, is seen listening [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18595","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ohc-in-the-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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