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(April 19, 2024) By: Matt Hutcheson, City News<\/p>\n

The Ontario Health Coalition\u2019s (OHC) most recent report paints a damning picture of the Ford government\u2019s expansion of health care to private clinics.<\/p>\n

The OHC surveyed people between February 5 and March 8, asking patients about their experiences with care in private clinics. There were 231 patients who responded with 120 saying they were unlawfully charged.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe patients are being told they need to pay for these medically needed surgeries that are in fact covered by OHIP,\u201d Jim Stewart, Chair, Waterloo Region Health Coalition, said.<\/p>\n

While speaking to The Mike Farwell Show<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, Stewart added, \u201cThey\u2019re also told the waitlist in the hospitals are two to three years and that\u2019s just not true.\u201d<\/p>\n

Stewart points out there is a publicly available website that shows wait times for various surgeries<\/strong><\/a><\/span> and tests.<\/p>\n

The clinics were offering the patients a chance to \u201cjump the queue\u201d for a fee.<\/p>\n

The report said the deception didn\u2019t stop there. It cited cases of patients being misled about the effectiveness or quality of OHIP-covered eye surgeries. It said some patients had unnecessary services mixed with necessary services so fees could be added.<\/p>\n

There were also reports of patients being charged for appointments, memberships and administration fees.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis flies right in the face of what Doug Ford was talking about when he said you\u2019ll never have to pay with your credit card, only your OHIP card,\u201d Stewart said.<\/p>\n

The premier was adamant when the province rolled out the expansion of private clinics, that Ontarians would not have to pay out-of-pocket for OHIP-covered services.<\/p>\n

Stewart said that clearly isn\u2019t the case.<\/p>\n

\u201cLike, who is na\u00efve enough to think in Ontario that a for-profit clinic isn\u2019t interested in getting some money?\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

For its part, the province has said it has provided \u201cguardrails\u201d to protect patients from added, unnecessary fees.<\/p>\n

The OHC calls those guardrails performative.<\/p>\n

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