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(June 14, 2017)<\/span><\/p>\n

By: Joel Wittnebel, The Oshawa Express<\/p>\n

We can\u2019t bear to lose medicare.<\/p>\n

That slogan adorned the placard tied around the neck of a seven-foot tall teddy bear that arrived at Lakeridge Health Oshawa, as the Ontario Health Coalition (OHC) continues to spread its messaging about the threat of health care privatization.<\/p>\n

The OHC\u2019s education campaign is geared at informing Ontarians about how privatization has \u201ccrept in\u201d to the provincial system where private clinics are charging \u201cuser fees\u201d amounting to hundreds or sometimes thousands of dollars for certain procedures, a practice that threatens everyone\u2019s access to \u201cuniversal\u201d health care under the Canada Health Act, the coalition says.<\/p>\n

However, the argument exists that these private systems can actually improve Canada\u2019s system by allowing Canadians another option for their care and potentially reducing wait times at local hospitals.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve been able to kind of hold the dike on this,\u201d says Trish McAuliffe, the co-chair of the Durham Health Coalition. \u201cWe cannot sit back and trust that people will do the right thing, they need to be educated.\u201d<\/p>\n

The OHC states that these \u201cprofit-seeking\u201d clinics are maximizing their profits by charging the government under OHIP, while also collecting an assortment of fees from patients, a practice that impacts seniors the most, McAuliffe says.<\/p>\n

\u201cUser fees for medically-needed hospital and physician care are unlawful under the Canada Health Act, which requires that health care be publicly funded and equitable for all Canadians,\u201d states Natalie Mehra, the executive director of the OHC in a news release. \u201cWe are drawing attention to this, explaining to patients their rights, and pushing back against the takeover of non-profit and public hospitals by private, for-profit corporations.\u201d<\/p>\n

The giant bear also has a second goal of raising funds for the B.C. Health Coalition who are currently in the midst of a legal challenge brought on by private clinics, a case that has made its way to the province\u2019s Supreme Court. That case is centred around Dr. Brian Day\u2019s Cambie Surgery Centre, which charges patients for services. The court is currently looking to determine whether to allow private insurers in the province to pay for services available under the public system and whether doctors can charge privately for services.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf Brian Day wins that argument all bets are off,\u201d says Sara Labelle, with the OHC and medical laboratory technologist with Lakeridge Health.<\/p>\n

For Labelle, the emergence of this \u201ctwo-tier\u201d healthcare system not only impacts patients needing services, but can also pull talented professionals out of the public sector, lured away by increased pay and steady hours in private clinics.<\/p>\n

From Oshawa, the giant bear has made its way west to several locations including Kitchener, Stratford and Woodstock before its final stop of the tour today (June 14) in Thunder Bay.<\/p>\n

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