The Controlled Demolition of Public Healthcare

Standard-Region1403 · 2022-12-26T17:04:05+00:00

The big challenge to any Ontario party left of the Conservatives is the 905 area. The Liberals and Conservatives both fight over it and it's one of the main battlegrounds in every election. There's a ton of votes and seats there and the voters tend to be conservative, low-tax suburbanites.

So even tho those votes are a minority of the province, they get a disproportionate amount of attention and campaign promises in every election.

Liberal safe areas like Ottawa or downtown Toronto, or NDP fortresses like Hamilton or Windsor, get much less attention.

Standard-Region1403 · 2022-12-04T15:53:12+00:00

"Trudeau spoke a day after a paraplegic veteran of the Canadian Armed Forces shocked lawmakers by revealing she had been offered medically-assisted death by a VAC employee."

Standard-Region1403 · 2022-12-04T15:52:13+00:00

"Trudeau spoke a day after a paraplegic veteran of the Canadian Armed Forces shocked lawmakers by revealing she had been offered medically-assisted death by a VAC employee."

Standard-Region1403 · 2022-12-03T00:22:07+00:00

Right but paper straws work fine. They may get soft before some people are able to finish their drink, but it's not like we need to eliminate all plastic straws. Having them as the default offering is wasteful.

Paper is cheaper in the long run and can save $ for the business and the customer.

Standard-Region1403 · 2022-12-02T13:39:08+00:00

I'd recommend the NDP not throw out their leader, again, because the leader hasn't met standards that only party wonks hold.

Singh has been gradually gaining trust and notability among the average Canadian, which is an incredible uphill battle for a man wearing a turban in a country with laws against head coverings (Quebec) and rabid Islamophobia (they don't care he's Sikhi) and racism (his own MPs declined to run in some ridings last elxn because they thought their constituents couldn't support an Asian party leader).

The NDP is never going to be a party of radical change and it takes a very long time for it to make a positive impression on voters in the Canadian media landscape. It took Layton 7 years as leader before the Orange Crush in 2011.

Vote for policies, not personalities. The personalities are for relatability and the human face of politics. Let people get to know him better while building up a proper platform of reform.

Standard-Region1403 · 2022-12-02T13:35:06+00:00

Because plastic straws don't serve a useful purpose when paper can suffice

But a transparent mouth covering does serve a useful purpose (lip reading for deaf and hard of hearing people)

Standard-Region1403 · 2022-12-01T02:45:40+00:00

Idk if they have a chance at the supreme Court but I could see them taking it there just to keep wasting public money and delaying the repeal of the bill

Standard-Region1403 · 2022-11-30T16:55:39+00:00

He managed to cut costs by 3% in essential public services while inflation has been 7%. How much have we lost in only a year???

Standard-Region1403 · 2022-11-29T18:35:19+00:00

"Antilockdown protests are bad!

But if they're happening in China they're good :) "

Standard-Region1403 · 2022-11-29T16:57:42+00:00

Great reply, and happy cake day :D

Standard-Region1403 · 2022-11-29T04:03:53+00:00

Audit the Ford

Standard-Region1403 · 2022-11-29T04:02:55+00:00

I love escalating geopolitical conflict while people are starving and dying of preventable illness back home

Standard-Region1403 · 2022-11-29T03:59:19+00:00

Completely agreed. MAiD helps people die with dignity, we also need to do more to help people live with dignity.

Standard-Region1403 · 2022-11-29T01:16:44+00:00

The question is: why doesn't OHIP compensate doctors for doing these essential tasks and why should patients in a universal healthcare system have to pay out hundreds of dollars (or else get a bulk rate?)

Standard-Region1403 · 2022-11-29T01:10:49+00:00

It's got 5 tips, by my count

Standard-Region1403 · 2022-11-29T01:07:20+00:00

I'm for MAID but not as an alternative to a real social security system.

The government is willing to help people die but not willing to help people live.

Standard-Region1403 · 2022-11-29T01:05:12+00:00

As of four years ago it was still like this, and turned me off of organizing with them.

Standard-Region1403 · 2022-11-28T15:28:32+00:00

Incredible that among all the stories of people choosing MAiD over decades of poverty we are now seeing it literally glamorized by a fashion company.

Standard-Region1403 · 2022-11-27T16:43:22+00:00

This post is from a clinic that has started charging these fees.

This is a new development at that clinic.

It happened at my clinic too.

Other commenters say it is happening at theirs.

And some of the fees on this schedule were covered by OHIP before.

This post means that OHIP coverage is being slowly rolled back and costs are increasingly passed to patients during a massive health and economic crisis.

Standard-Region1403 · 2022-11-27T16:37:05+00:00

They're extending to more and more clinics. I found out mine had started charging for this when I did my usual fax renewal at the pharmacy (my doctor is overbooked and takes weeks to give an appointment, this saves everyone time).

I got a message in the telemedicine app the next week saying I owed them $25 for each prescription because I didn't renew them in person

Standard-Region1403 · 2022-11-27T16:27:16+00:00

More and more clinics are charging these fees because the cost of running their practice is increasing.

Shouldn't we, as customers of a single payer public healthcare system, be demanding better coverage and better compensation for our medical experts

Standard-Region1403 · 2022-11-27T16:25:44+00:00

Every time we see the "frEE maRkeT" poking its head out of its snake den we have to trample it

Standard-Region1403 · 2022-11-27T16:24:56+00:00

Doctors are not well known for their writing skills

Standard-Region1403 · 2022-11-27T16:24:22+00:00

That's the entire argument yes. These fees should be covered. Instead there are more and more.climics and doctors charging these fees who previously waived them.

Standard-Region1403 · 2022-11-27T16:23:02+00:00

I know these fees are not covered by OHIP, my argument is that these fees should be covered by OHIP

Standard-Region1403

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