{"id":6367,"date":"2018-02-28T13:44:29","date_gmt":"2018-02-28T18:44:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/?p=6367"},"modified":"2020-05-15T14:55:18","modified_gmt":"2020-05-15T18:55:18","slug":"eric-hoskins-lasting-legacy-as-health-minister-toronto-star-feb-28-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/index.php\/eric-hoskins-lasting-legacy-as-health-minister-toronto-star-feb-28-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Eric Hoskins\u2019 lasting legacy as health minister, Toronto Star, Feb 28, 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"small-12 inset columns center\" data-reactid=\"73\">\n<div class=\"row\" data-reactid=\"74\">\n<div data-reactid=\"75\">\n<header class=\"article__header\" data-reactid=\"76\">\n<p data-reactid=\"77\">(February 28, 2018)<\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\"77\">By: Bob Hepburn, Toronto Star<\/p>\n<h1 class=\" article__headline\" data-reactid=\"77\">Eric Hoskins\u2019 lasting legacy as health minister<\/h1>\n<\/header>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-reactid=\"80\">\n<div class=\"row\" data-reactid=\"81\">\n<div class=\"small-12 inset columns\" data-reactid=\"82\">\n<div class=\"article__body clearfix article-story-body\" data-reactid=\"83\">\n<div class=\"trackContent-0\" data-reactid=\"119\">\n<p>Barely weeks after he was appointed as Ontario health minister, Eric Hoskins attended a private dinner in Banff with his provincial counterparts and Rona Ambrose, then federal health minister.<\/p>\n<p>Although it wasn\u2019t on the agenda, the first thing Hoskins did that evening in 2014 was raise the issue of a national pharmacare program. As Ambrose listened attentively, he made a strong plea for such a plan and won the support of many of his colleagues.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"hero\" data-reactid=\"120\">\n<figure class=\"image\" data-reactid=\"121\">\n<div class=\"image__body white-background\" data-reactid=\"122\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.thestar.com\/cJT948XPrpgtiW633mwgCMK0OYw=\/1086x785\/smart\/filters:cb(1526486400000)\/https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/content\/dam\/thestar\/opinion\/star-columnists\/2018\/02\/28\/eric-hoskins-lasting-legacy-as-health-minister\/jdt119459780.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.thestar.com\/cJT948XPrpgtiW633mwgCMK0OYw=\/1086x785\/smart\/filters:cb(1526486400000)\/https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/content\/dam\/thestar\/opinion\/star-columnists\/2018\/02\/28\/eric-hoskins-lasting-legacy-as-health-minister\/jdt119459780.jpg 1086w,https:\/\/images.thestar.com\/9K7vaPNLJK5_sVUQvWP6s68gbBM=\/968x699\/smart\/filters:cb(1526486400000)\/https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/content\/dam\/thestar\/opinion\/star-columnists\/2018\/02\/28\/eric-hoskins-lasting-legacy-as-health-minister\/jdt119459780.jpg 968w,https:\/\/images.thestar.com\/n3YYQXZ0zV8wumsaSCLzKR312YQ=\/850x614\/smart\/filters:cb(1526486400000)\/https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/content\/dam\/thestar\/opinion\/star-columnists\/2018\/02\/28\/eric-hoskins-lasting-legacy-as-health-minister\/jdt119459780.jpg 850w,https:\/\/images.thestar.com\/GKwNO_5z1_8E__k4e8PuoGoVn5w=\/650x470\/smart\/filters:cb(1526486400000)\/https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/content\/dam\/thestar\/opinion\/star-columnists\/2018\/02\/28\/eric-hoskins-lasting-legacy-as-health-minister\/jdt119459780.jpg 650w,https:\/\/images.thestar.com\/BNnMCLFQ2L0SWX-Pi2Ln73FJzrQ=\/605x437\/smart\/filters:cb(1526486400000)\/https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/content\/dam\/thestar\/opinion\/star-columnists\/2018\/02\/28\/eric-hoskins-lasting-legacy-as-health-minister\/jdt119459780.jpg 605w,https:\/\/images.thestar.com\/VJRwJfQodkR39t7gRUNjRN99K0E=\/480x347\/smart\/filters:cb(1526486400000)\/https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/content\/dam\/thestar\/opinion\/star-columnists\/2018\/02\/28\/eric-hoskins-lasting-legacy-as-health-minister\/jdt119459780.jpg 480w,https:\/\/images.thestar.com\/TU__f7hFntR7GDNf8zgiPMzaZMc=\/400x289\/smart\/filters:cb(1526486400000)\/https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/content\/dam\/thestar\/opinion\/star-columnists\/2018\/02\/28\/eric-hoskins-lasting-legacy-as-health-minister\/jdt119459780.jpg 400w,https:\/\/images.thestar.com\/qxW7-9VG_EmAwPOqyOvhIQh0G3U=\/320x231\/smart\/filters:cb(1526486400000)\/https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/content\/dam\/thestar\/opinion\/star-columnists\/2018\/02\/28\/eric-hoskins-lasting-legacy-as-health-minister\/jdt119459780.jpg 320w\" alt=\"Minister of Health Ginette Petitpas Taylor stands with Eric Hoskins, former Ontario Minister of Health, after the tabling of the budget in the House of Commons in Ottawa on Tuesday. Hoskins will chair a federal government advisory council to implement a national pharmacare plan.\" data-reactid=\"123\" \/><\/div><figcaption data-reactid=\"124\">Minister of Health Ginette Petitpas Taylor stands with Eric Hoskins, former Ontario Minister of Health, after the tabling of the budget in the House of Commons in Ottawa on Tuesday. Hoskins will chair a federal government advisory council to implement a national pharmacare plan.<span class=\"image__credit\" data-reactid=\"126\">\u00a0\u00a0(<span class=\"image__credit__source\" data-reactid=\"128\">JUSTIN TANG<span data-reactid=\"130\">\u00a0\/\u00a0<\/span>THE CANADIAN PRESS<\/span>)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"trackContent-3\" data-reactid=\"137\">\n<p>It was a brash move for a rookie provincial health minister, who might normally be expected to sit quietly and listen to the wisdom of long-serving ministers.<\/p>\n<p>But it also was a clear sign of the passion and aggressiveness that Hoskins, a medical doctor, would bring to what may be the toughest job these days in the Ontario cabinet.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, after almost four years in the job, Hoskins suddenly stepped down as health minister and as the MPP for the Toronto riding of St. Paul\u2019s.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"trackContent-5\" data-reactid=\"144\">\n<p>On Tuesday, he was\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/queenspark\/2018\/02\/26\/hoskins-steps-down-as-health-minister-to-head-national-pharmacare-strategy.html\">appointed<\/a>\u00a0by Ottawa to head the new Advisory Council on the Implementation of National Pharmacare, which was announced in the federal budget speech. The council is to make its recommendations to Ottawa in 2019, just before the next federal election.<\/p>\n<p>Hoskins is the ideal choice to head the council, given his long-standing drive to see a universal pharmacare program that would provide free prescription drugs for all Canadians.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s because Hoskins was the driving force behind Ontario\u2019s decision to implement a limited pharmacare\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/toronto\/budget-2017-sidebar-1.4086229\">program<\/a>\u00a0that offers free drug coverage to everyone under the age of 25. The program, which went into effect on Jan. 1, is one of his major achievements and forms a key part of what is an impressive legacy for Hoskins.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, he was arguably the best Ontario health minister in decades.<\/p>\n<p>Under his predecessor, Deb Matthews, the health-care system had become a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/opinion\/commentary\/2014\/02\/12\/soaring_ceo_pay_and_fear_rock_healthcare_sector_hepburn.html\">true mess<\/a>. It had undergone major cuts in services, most notably in rehab therapy, that affected tens of thousands of patients. Home-care services were underfunded and over-managed; local hospital beds and programs were being cut; doctors were increasingly furious over moves to trim their fees; and opposition politicians were outraged over the government\u2019s handling of the suicide crisis in remote First Nations communities in Northern Ontario.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/opinion\/star-columnists\/2018\/02\/28\/eric-hoskins-lasting-legacy-as-health-minister.html\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Click here for original article<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(February 28, 2018) By: Bob Hepburn, Toronto Star Eric Hoskins\u2019 lasting legacy as health minister Barely weeks after he was appointed as Ontario health minister, Eric Hoskins attended a private dinner in Banff with his provincial counterparts and Rona Ambrose, then federal health minister. 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