{"id":7720,"date":"2019-03-22T20:41:35","date_gmt":"2019-03-23T00:41:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/?p=7720"},"modified":"2019-04-17T09:04:04","modified_gmt":"2019-04-17T13:04:04","slug":"ontario-health-coalition-vows-to-stop-new-health-care-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/index.php\/ontario-health-coalition-vows-to-stop-new-health-care-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Ontario Health Coalition vows to stop new health care bill"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Ontario Health Coalition (OHC) is warning the province’s new omnibus health care bill will mean lost local services. Mar 22, 2019. (Photo by Paul Pedro)<\/em><\/p>\n
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MARCH 22, 2019 8:41PM<\/p>\n
The Ontario Health Coalition (OHC) is taking action against the province\u2019s new omnibus health care bill that could mean a loss of local services.<\/p>\n
The group held a meeting in Windsor Friday evening to talk about the proposed legislation and its local impact. The new bill will merge the 14 Local Health Integration Networks (LHINs) and six provincial health agencies, including Cancer Care Ontario and eHealth Ontario, into a \u201cSuper Agency\u201d.<\/p>\n
OHC Executive Director Natalie Mehra said the new bill will privatize health care.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re really worried about privatization of health care services, the loss of any remaining local control over health care services,\u201d Mehra said.<\/p>\n
Mehra said the coalition is asking for public hearings and amendments.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have actually managed, the health coalition, to amend every major piece of health care legislation in the last 20 years in the public interest. So, we actually succeed at doing this,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n
Mehra said this new law has been forged in secret and is the worst piece of legislation she has ever seen.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s terribly written, there\u2019s nothing that meets the public interest in it. We\u2019re calling for its repeal and we\u2019ve almost never done that in our history,\u201d Mehra said.<\/p>\n
The coalition said it is gearing up to protect hospitals, long-term care, home care, community care, and mental health care with a\u00a0rally at Queen\u2019s Park on April 30.<\/p>\n
The new law is currently going through the Ontario Legislature.<\/p>\n
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