{"id":8109,"date":"2019-03-25T13:41:51","date_gmt":"2019-03-25T17:41:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/?p=8109"},"modified":"2019-06-06T13:49:31","modified_gmt":"2019-06-06T17:49:31","slug":"london-health-coalition-to-host-town-hall-on-health-care-reform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/index.php\/london-health-coalition-to-host-town-hall-on-health-care-reform\/","title":{"rendered":"London Health Coalition to host town hall on health-care reform"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Ontario Health Coalition and its municipal counterparts are gearing up for a health-care fight in the wake of the Ford government\u2019s planned health-care restructuring.<\/p>\n<p>A town hall meeting is scheduled for Monday evening in at London\u2019s downtown library.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think most Londoners and Ontarians don\u2019t quite realize what\u2019s taking place at Queen\u2019s Park around this Omnibus Bill 74,\u201d London Health Coalition co-chair Peter Bergmanis said on 980 CPFL\u2019s\u00a0<em>London Live with Mike Stubbs<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTonight we\u2019re trying to bring to the attention of the citizens that we have to be very fearful of what this massive restructuring bill entails.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bergmanis argues that the new bill doesn\u2019t address front line needs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe already have the lowest program spending in the country in this province and to imagine that we\u2019re still going to cut out more things in the way of finding efficiencies where we\u2019re already the bottom of the country is almost unbelievable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The town hall is open to all and gets underway at 7 p.m. at the Lawson Foundation Room of the Central branch of the London Public Library on Dundas Street.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/index.php\/what-you-should-know-if-your-health-card-is-expiring\/\">Click Here for full article<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ontario Health Coalition and its municipal counterparts are gearing up for a health-care fight in the wake of the Ford government\u2019s planned health-care restructuring. 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