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An evidence-based, values-driven organization dedicated to strengthening & preserving Canada's publicly-funded health care system. Join today! www.canadiandoctorsformedicare.ca/c…

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Canadian Doctors For Medicare @cdndrsformedicare.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
We are very concerned about Premier Smith's draft legislation to introduce dual practice care into Alberta. This would lead to significant consequences to our health care system and to patients' ability to access care. See our press release below. www.canadiandoctorsformedicare.ca/canadian_doc...
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Canadian Doctors for Medicare Warns Albertans of Premier’s Plan to Undermine Public Health Care
Seeking to strengthen and improve Canada's universal publicly-funded health care system. Evidence-based, values driven.
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Canadian Doctors For Medicare @cdndrsformedicare.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
We hope Prime Minister Carney follows through on the promise of #Pharmacare set out by his predecessor. Canadians are depending on him to deliver on this historic legislation. www.thestar.com/politics/fed...
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Carney government is silent on prospect of pharmacare deals for provinces like Ontario
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s silence on Ottawa’s outstanding pharmacare deals with provinces and territories — including Ontario — have health experts questioning why the issue no longer appears to be
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Edward Xie @edwardxie.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
With most of Canada under heat 🚨 warnings this week, I'll be hosting a conversation on #heatwaves and #health with @drmelissalem.bsky.social & @monikadutt.bsky.social Join us August 5 at 7pm ET / 4pm PT us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... Thanks @cdndrsformedicare.bsky.social & @cape-acme.bsky.social
Webinar on Heatwaves: protecting health in a climate crisis

Canada is heating up twice as fast as the global average. Extreme heat is putting increasing strain on our health and health systems. Join us on August 5 at 7 pm ET to learn about ways to cope with heat and how better Medicare could save lives.

To register for the webinar follow the link

We’re thrilled to welcome Dr. Melissa Lem and Dr. Monika Dutt to the panel, with Dr. Edward Xie moderating the discussion.

We look forward to seeing you there!
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Canadian Doctors For Medicare @cdndrsformedicare.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
We are sounding the alarm on the growing influence of private equity investment in Canada's health care system. Read our position statement below: www.canadiandoctorsformedicare.ca/canadian_doc...
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Canadian Doctors for Medicare’s Position Statement on Private Equity Investment in Canadian Health Care
Seeking to strengthen and improve Canada's universal publicly-funded health care system. Evidence-based, values driven.
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Danyaal Raza @danyaalraza.com · 21/05/2025
I'm late to sharing this excellent, good news story, based on a @cmaj.ca study. The key to cutting wait times, in half? Publicly-funded, team-based surgical care using centralized referral pathways. This is exactly what we need more of. www.cbc.ca/news/health/...
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Why having surgeons work together reduces wait times for hip and knee replacements | CBC News
Canadians who need a hip or knee replacement could get the surgery quickly without needing more operating rooms or funding if surgeons worked off a centralized list of patients, the author of a new st...
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Edward Xie @edwardxie.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Have you been asked to pay a fee to get services covered by Medicare? User fees for medically necessary care are inefficient, unaffordable, and unfair. They turn a profit on patients at times of vulnerability. They're also illegal in Canada. 🧵 #cdnhealth
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Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 03/05/2025
Many diabetes medications, birth control now free in PEI under new pharmacare deal www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... @cbcnews.ca 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀: CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter 🍁
Access to the national pharmacare program started this month on P.E.I., providing free coverage for a range of diabetes medications and birth control products.
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Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 03/05/2025
LifeLabs strike highlights risks of foreign ownership in Canadian health care healthydebate.ca/2025/04/topi... @maddidellplain.bsky.social @healthydebate.bsky.social 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀: CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter 🍁
Lifelabs corp HQ. American-owned Quest Diagnostics purchased LifeLabs in August 2024 from OMERS, a jointly owned pension fund company, for CDN $1.35 billion. LifeLabs’ B.C. workers, who have been without a contract since last April, have been on strike since Feb. 16.
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Canadian Doctors For Medicare @cdndrsformedicare.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Congratulations to Mr. Carney on the election! This article by @danyaalraza.com is especially timely today. 'If Carney is to be Canada’s choice for Prime Minister — and he truly believes healthcare is a right, not a business — now’s his chance to prove it." #Pharmacare
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Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 16/04/2025
From boardrooms to beds: Can empty offices ease hospital overcrowding? policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/ap... @cdndrsformedicare.bsky.social @irpp.org 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀: CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter 🍁
cool shot of a bunch of very glassy office buildings in close proximity to each other. All you can see is windows.
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Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 24/04/2025
Liberals would use Canada Health Act to push back on privatization, says health minister www.bradfordtoday.ca/2025-federal... @kamalkheralib.bsky.social 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀: CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter 🍁
Federal Minster of Health, Kamal Khera, showed her support during a visit to local Liberal candidate Mike Hanrahan’s Bradford campaign office on April 23.
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Canadian Health Coalition/Coalition canadienne de la santé @cdnhealthcoalition.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
🚨You don't want to miss this webinar. Dr. Danielle Martin — who made global headlines with her powerful testimony before the U.S. Senate — joins us Tuesday April 15, at 12:00 pm EST to discuss the future of Canada’s health care. #cdnpoli #elxn45 www.healthcoalition.ca/health-care-...
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Health care challenges in Canada and opportunities for federal leadership: A special election webinar with Dr. Danielle Martin
Join Dr. Danielle Martin for an online conversation with the Canadian Health Coalition’s Anne Lagacé Dowson
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Jim Stanford @jimbostanford.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
What a treat to work with the awesome Linda Silas of @cfnu.bsky.social on this article in @nationalpost on the economic importance of health care: nationalpost.com/sponsored/no.... Health care isn't just a cost, it's an economic engine. And it will help defend our economy against Trump. #canlab
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Now’s the time to maximize the economic potential of public health care
Canadians are rallying around a renewed sense of national identity in the face of Donald Trump’s erratic and aggressive threats.
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Canadian Doctors For Medicare @cdndrsformedicare.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
"I had been privileged. I had always taken health coverage for granted, and now my daughter's life depended on it. It was the moment I realized: Canada's health-care system isn't truly universal — not until #pharmacare is part of it." www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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FIRST PERSON | My baby girl almost died. That's why national pharmacare will decide my vote | CBC News
Scott MacMillan was relieved when doctors were able to save the life of his daughter, Rosemary, who was in diabetic ketoacidosis. But when the hospital staff asked about insurance, he was filled with ...
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Danyaal Raza @danyaalraza.com · 10/04/2025
“Ontario, Ms. Mackett’s home province, is among the jurisdictions that have yet to sign a deal.” www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/fed...
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For people living with diabetes, the push for medical coverage isn’t political, it’s personal
Advocates for publicly funded coverage say there are detrimental and deadly health consequences for patients who cannot afford prescribed medications
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Andrew Longhurst 🇨🇦 🍉 @alonghurst.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
New Edmonton Journal op-ed “Analysis of publicly available data, found no evidence to support Premier Smith’s claim. In fact, the research shows the opposite to be true. Someone has been receiving more funding & not delivering results—just not AHS.” edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...
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Opinion: Attack on AHS reveals the failings of surgery privatization
While politically convenient to blame AHS, responsibility for surgical wait times sits squarely with the government.
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Canadian Doctors For Medicare @cdndrsformedicare.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
"We must hold him accountable to improving the health of all Ontarians. It is time for our provincial leadership to take action." Board members Ibrahim Mohammad & Jacky Lee urge Premier Ford to sign the #Pharmacare bilateral agreement. healthydebate.ca/2025/03/topi...
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With skyrocketing cost of living, now is the time for Ontario to opt into pharmacare - Healthy Debate
With the cost of living skyrocketing in Ontario, our patients continue to make difficult decisions – whether to pay for food, rent or medications.
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Danyaal Raza @danyaalraza.com · 31/03/2025
"Yet, all we’ve heard from Ontario is that the province can’t commit to sign on until it knows more." healthydebate.ca/2025/03/topi... via @healthydebate.bsky.social @cdndrsformedicare.bsky.social
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With skyrocketing cost of living, now is the time for Ontario to opt into pharmacare - Healthy Debate
With the cost of living skyrocketing in Ontario, our patients continue to make difficult decisions – whether to pay for food, rent or medications.
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Andrew Longhurst 🇨🇦 🍉 @alonghurst.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
If you're interested in the future of public health care in Canada, you won't want to miss this webinar. Alberta is on the forefront of for-profit surgical outsourcing, and five years of data show costs and wait times have ballooned Investors are cashing in, but the public is paying a big price
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Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 25/03/2025
I traded my U.S. medical career for life in Canada. Here’s how the two health systems stack up. canadahealthwatch.ca/2025/03/25/i... @codeblackamerica.bsky.social 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀: CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter 🍁
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I traded my U.S. medical career for life in Canada. Here’s how the…
The differences hit me immediately, and are profound.
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Andrew Longhurst 🇨🇦 🍉 @alonghurst.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
“For-profit providers are being paid inflated prices to deliver the easiest, most profitable procedures at the expense of our public hospitals. The consequence is what we’re seeing in cancer surgical care. You’re seeing those wait times balloon...and they have very real effects on people’s lives.”
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Andrew Longhurst 🇨🇦 🍉 @alonghurst.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Join me for the launch of my new report “Operation Profit: Private Surgical Contracts Deliver Higher Costs and Longer Waits” The report evaluates the performance and costs of the Alberta Surgical Initiative after five years Registration: ualberta-ca.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli
Alberta's Surgical Crisis: Private Profits, Public Losses
Parkland Institute Report Launch Webinar
March 26, 2025, 12pm-12pm MST
Public launch of the report "Operation Profit: Private Surgical Contracts Deliver Higher Costs and Longer Waits"
Featuring report author Andrew Longhurst
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Edward Xie @edwardxie.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
“We’re in a time of elbows up, so hopefully we link arms” - Ryan Meili
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Canadian Doctors For Medicare @cdndrsformedicare.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Dr. David Urbach ending a great summit with a talk on tangible solutions to fixing our health care wait times. #CDMSummit2025 #BetterMedicare
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Canadian Doctors For Medicare @cdndrsformedicare.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
We're sounding the alarm on the threat of private equity within our health care system @edwardxie.bsky.social @armineyalnizyan.bsky.social Dr. Henry Annan Matthew Tracey #CDMSummit2025 #BetterMedicare
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Canadian Doctors For Medicare @cdndrsformedicare.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
@docmcohen.medsky.social speaks about her experience as a rural family physician and the need to consider rural and remote communities in primary care reform #CDMSummit2025 #BetterMedicare
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Canadian Doctors For Medicare @cdndrsformedicare.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
"If you want a high-functioning health care system, you absolutely need high quality primary care." @danyaalraza.com #CDMSummit2025 #BetterMedicare
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Canadian Doctors For Medicare @cdndrsformedicare.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Past Chair @danyaalraza.com talks about health care spending in Canada. "Our rate of spending privately is going up at an alarming rate compared to our rate of spending publicly." #CDMSummit2025 #BetterMedicare
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Canadian Doctors For Medicare @cdndrsformedicare.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
We're looking forward to this very important discussion on primary care reform by this powerhouse panel @danyaalraza.com @docmcohen.medsky.social @lindsayhedden.bsky.social Dr. Francine Lemire
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Canadian Doctors For Medicare @cdndrsformedicare.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Dr. Ryan Meili kicks off #CDMSummit2025 with his experience as both a frontline physician and an MLA in Saskatchewan #BetterMedicare
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Canadian Doctors For Medicare @cdndrsformedicare.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
⏳ 3 Days Until the Better Medicare Health Summit! ⏳ Join us in shaping the future of public health care solutions 🎟️ Get your tickets now—link in our bio! #BetterMedicare #CDMSummit2025
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Canadian Doctors For Medicare @cdndrsformedicare.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Great news! Manitoba leads the way as the first province to reach a bilateral agreement with the federal government on #Pharmacare www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
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Federal government reaches first pharmacare agreement with Manitoba
The agreement will see more than $219-million given to Manitoba over four years and residents are expected to begin receiving coverage in June
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Canadian Doctors For Medicare @cdndrsformedicare.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Despite the #Pharmacare Act passing in Oct, not one Atlantic Premier has signed on to the deal with the fed gov't. CDM board member Catherine Cervin urges these Premiers to do the right thing for their constituents. @susanholtnb.bsky.social @andrewfurey.bsky.social www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
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COMMENTARY: Atlantic Canada premiers need to urgently opt in to pharmacare
"Our best hope is to pass bilateral agreements between Ottawa and the Atlantic provinces before the election," writes Catherine Cervin.
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Christine Saulnier (she/her) @csaulnier.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
No Atlantic Premier has signed #pharmcare deal with the federal government for free diabetes medication and contraceptives. Letter by Dr Catherine Cervin urging governments to sign on. @cdndrsformedicare.bsky.social saltwire.pressreader.com/article/2816...
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Edward Xie @edwardxie.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
"Will you be able to pay for this prescription?" #Pharmacare Act passed in 2024 "Yet not one premier in Atlantic Canada has signed onto this deal" We need to seize this opportunity says Catherine Cervin, board director of @cdndrsformedicare.bsky.social www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/... #cdnhealth
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COMMENTARY: Atlantic Canada premiers need to urgently opt in to pharmacare
"Our best hope is to pass bilateral agreements between Ottawa and the Atlantic provinces before the election," writes Catherine Cervin.
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Canadian Doctors For Medicare @cdndrsformedicare.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
A single private equity firm now controls the largest network of independent surgical centres in Canada, with 53 operating rooms across 14 cities in Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and B.C. What are the risks of private equity investment in health care?
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Canadian Doctors For Medicare @cdndrsformedicare.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
⚠️ 6.5M Canadians lack a family doctor—how do we fix primary care without expanding for-profit care? Join us on March 8th for a discussion with Dr. Danyaal Raza, Dr. Lindsay Hedden & Dr. Michelle Cohen on solutions for primary care reform. Get your ticket via the link in our bio! 🎟️
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Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP) @pnhp.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
“For some people, [a delay in care] isn’t just an inconvenience ... it’s a death sentence, and the only reason the insurance companies do that is to maximize their profits. The fact that they might be killing you is not in the equation of what they care about.”
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Canadian Doctors For Medicare @cdndrsformedicare.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
🌟What are the best ways to improve access to public healthcare while countering the growth of for-profit care in today’s political climate? 🌟 Join us for a discussion at the CDM Health Summit with Dr. Ryan Meili as we explore the pathways to achievable healthcare reform.
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Canadian Doctors For Medicare @cdndrsformedicare.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
On March 8, 2025, we will be hosting our first-ever in-person conference in Toronto! 🎉 The Health Summit will spotlight evidence-based solutions to strengthen our public health system and counter the shift toward for-profit care. To buy your ticket, visit the link in our bio!
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Redeye @redeyeradio.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Saturday | 10:05 PT Dr. Danyaal Raza with essential context and insights on long-awaited Canada Health Act interpretation letter regarding coverage of basic healthcare by non-physician providers. @danyaalraza.com @nicktsergas.ca‬ @edwardxie.bsky.social‬ @cdndrsformedicare.bsky.social
Head and chest of man, helth practitioner,  in lab coat, with stethoscope around neck. He is wearing a medical mask over his nose and mouth.
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Danyaal Raza @danyaalraza.com · 10/01/2025
From @cmadocs.bsky.social: "[CMA] agrees that all primary care medically necessary services should be publicly funded within a team-based approach. The CMA encourages similar clarification on the provision of virtual care services" www.cma.ca/about-us/wha...
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Canada Health Act clarity a positive step to improve equitable access to care: CMA
The Canadian Medical Association (CMA) welcomes the clarity that the federal government brought today to the Canada Health Act and agrees that all primary care medically necessary services should be p...
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Edward Xie @edwardxie.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
“Today’s announcement is lukewarm for patients, but a win for the insurance industry and for-profit virtual care corporations” - @bernardho.bsky.social @cdndrsformedicare.bsky.social press release with Drs. Melanie Bechard and @danyaalraza.com www.canadiandoctorsformedicare.ca/canadian_doc...
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Danyaal Raza @danyaalraza.com · 10/01/2025
Big health news today. A long awaited Canada Health Act 'interpretation letter' re: new private-pay charges has dropped. www.canada.ca/en/health-ca... It's a mixed bag. A brief thread on the news, good and bad. Expect more media on this as the day progresses. 1/
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Statement from the Minister of Health on the Canada Health Act
Statement from the Minister of Health on the Canada Health Act
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Edward Xie @edwardxie.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
This has major benefits for people in Canada, but there's good and bad news in @markhollandlib.bsky.social letter today. Good: it brings all health care providers for medically necessary services into Medicare. Canadians can no longer be charged for essential health care ... #cdnpoli #cdnhealth 🧵
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Canadian Doctors For Medicare @cdndrsformedicare.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
For more information on the recently released Canada Health Act Policy interpretation letter, please see our press release. www.canadiandoctorsformedicare.ca/canadian_doc...
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Canadian Doctors for Medicare Says Canada Health Act Policy Interpretation Letter Falls Short
Seeking to strengthen and improve Canada's universal publicly-funded health care system. Evidence-based, values driven.
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Canadian Doctors For Medicare @cdndrsformedicare.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
The long awaited Canada Health Act Policy interpretation letter has finally arrived. The good news is what was included in the letter, the bad news is what was taken out. 1/ www.canada.ca/en/health-ca...
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Statement from the Minister of Health on the Canada Health Act
Statement from the Minister of Health on the Canada Health Act
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Danyaal Raza @danyaalraza.com · 19/12/2024
Canadians need to wake up to this. As for-profit operators step into healthcare, patient data will be increasingly on sale to the highest bidders.
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Canadian Doctors For Medicare @cdndrsformedicare.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
"At a time when Canadians are struggling to make ends meet, we must not allow corporations and insurance companies to prevent fair access for everyone, including the many without employer-funded private insurance." From CDM's Karen Palmer and @bernardho.bsky.social www.hilltimes.com/story/2024/1...
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All I want for Christmas is publicly funded health care
Medically necessary care should be publicly funded for everyone, not just those who choose to pay, or the 25 per cent with private employer-funded insurance. It’s easier than a pony.
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Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 02/12/2024
Family struggling to pay for insulin calls on Alberta to strike a deal with Ottawa on pharmacare www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... @jenleecbc.bsky.social Get weekly updates: CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter 🍁
Melissa Mathison and Michael Woolley, pictured here with their two children who both have Type 1 diabetes, are hoping the provincial government will opt in to the federal pharmacare program
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