{"id":19438,"date":"2022-08-20T17:22:48","date_gmt":"2022-08-20T21:22:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/?p=19438"},"modified":"2022-09-17T17:24:01","modified_gmt":"2022-09-17T21:24:01","slug":"ohc-expresses-concern-about-privatized-healthcare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/index.php\/ohc-expresses-concern-about-privatized-healthcare\/","title":{"rendered":"OHC Expresses Concern About Privatized Healthcare"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(August 19, 2022)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By: 98.9 myFM News\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Ontario Healthcare Coalition says they\u2019re on full alert regarding the possibility of the government further privatizing healthcare in the province.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">OHC executive director Natalie Mehra said the throne speech and health minister Sylvia Jones comments were signs that the not-for-profit healthcare system is at risk.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The OHC said they\u2019ll fight tooth and nail with lawyers, public pressure, and everything in between when it comes to any steps the government may take towards privatization.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Queens university professor Dr Dick Zoutman spoke to the issue as well.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With that, Ontario\u2019s Health Minister did share plans for how the province will attempt to stabilize the health-care system on Thursday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sylvia Jones says it includes increasing surgeries performed at private clinics but maintaining OHIP coverage for them and temporarily paying the exam and registration fees for internationally trained nurses.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It also plans to introduce legislation today that will allow patients waiting for a long-term care bed to be transferred to a \u201ctemporary\u201d home not of their choosing until space becomes available in their preferred home.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The plan comes as nursing staff shortages have seen emergency departments across the province close throughout the summer for hours or days at a time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.norfolktoday.ca\/2022\/08\/19\/healthcare-coalition-expresses-concern-about-privatized-healthcare\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Link to original article\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(August 19, 2022) By: 98.9 myFM News\u00a0 The Ontario Healthcare Coalition says they\u2019re on full alert regarding the possibility of the government further privatizing healthcare in the province. 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