{"id":494,"date":"2012-02-10T14:04:43","date_gmt":"2012-02-10T19:04:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/?p=494"},"modified":"2021-07-21T16:42:34","modified_gmt":"2021-07-21T20:42:34","slug":"health-coalition-issues-pre-drummond-report-warning-of-major-health-cuts-first-do-no-harm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/index.php\/health-coalition-issues-pre-drummond-report-warning-of-major-health-cuts-first-do-no-harm\/","title":{"rendered":"<FONT COLOR=\"#E00000\">REPORT: <\/FONT> Health Coalition Issues Pre-Drummond Report Warning of Major Health Cuts: First Do No Harm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(February 10, 2012)<\/p>\n<p>Though Ontario\u2019s public has never been properly informed about the plans, the provincial government is planning severe curtailment of health care funding growth that will result in $3 billion or more to be carved out of hospitals and OHIP, warned the Ontario Health Coalition in a new report released today. If the provincial government adopts the recommendation of former TD banker Don Drummond, Chair of the government\u2019s Commission on Public Service Reform, the cutbacks will increase to $4 billion. Don Drummond\u2019s report, which will contain recommendations to restructure Ontario\u2019s health care system, is expected to be released next Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>In its own report, the coalition recommends that the government close two loopholes in the Employer Health Tax to ensure that high income earners pay a fairer share. This measure would generate $2.4 billion to help relieve some pressure, according to an analysis by economist Hugh Mackenzie. The report lists a litany of urgent and unmet health care needs that are not being addressed.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/MEDIA-RELEASE-February-10-2012.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here for Media Release<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/EXECUTIVE-SUMMARY-February-10-2012.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here for Executive Summary <\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/FULL-REPORT-February-10-2012.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here for Full Report<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(February 10, 2012) Though Ontario\u2019s public has never been properly informed about the plans, the provincial government is planning severe curtailment of health care funding growth that will result in $3 billion or more to be carved out of hospitals and OHIP, warned the Ontario Health Coalition &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,88,11,97,6,103],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cuts-restructuring","category-cutsrestructuring-reports-analysis","category-ontario-budgets","category-ontario-budgets-reports-analysis","category-taxes","category-taxes-reports-analysis"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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