They also don't belong in the US

US-style pharma ads don't belong in Canada. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

Canada's health-care crisis is fueled by too little public spending, not too much www.hilltimes.com/story/2026/0... ⦸ @danyaalraza.com @hilltimes.com ⤷ canadahealthwatch.ca/featured 🍁

What do income inequality & healthcare funding have to do each other? My latest, for the @hilltimes.com: www.hilltimes.com/story/2026/0...

A clear-eyed analysis of what’s at stake, from @cdndrsformedicare.bsky.social Chair, Dr Melanie Bechard. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

Coming up February 18 at 12pm EST. Free Webinar about Alberta's Bill 11, which is opening the door to private, for-profit health and putting Canada’s universal public health care system at risk. Sign up below! @policyalternatives.ca us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

“We are compromising on our professional integrity for sales.” thelocal.to/shoppers-dru...

Here’s how we can improve (and speed up) health-care access in Canada. It has nothing to do with private companies like Telus Health

This is the way to keep our universal healthcare in Canada - we all pay our fair share to keep everyone safe and within the system.

Wealthy Canadians can & should pay for better + faster care. The way it’s done, matters.

Carney raised expectations of a well-being economy. His budget told a different story canadahealthwatch.ca/2026/02/04/c... @dlsphjournalism.bsky.social

Andy's first major report in this position, co-authored with @poliscirish.bsky.social, is a must read on the dangers for Medicare from Danielle Smith and Bill 11. www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

This model of private clinic isn't new. It's based on bundling private pay services & publicly funded MD care and selling the whole package as a premium product. These clinics pop up alongside trending health care issues, eg: ADHD clinics. What's new here is that menopause care has made the cut.

Investors are betting big on virtual pharmacies selling lifestyle drugs, where a prescription can be just a few DMs away. This sector raises tricky questions about physician ethics, the role of profit in healthcare, and what happens when patients come looking for specific prescriptions. New from me:

Alberta's Bill 11 puts Canadian medicare at risk. By @alonghurst.bsky.social #abpoli #cdnpoli www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

The purpose of Alberta’s Health Statutes Amendment Act is to destroy public health care as we know it. Not just in Alberta, but throughout Canada, by legislating two-tier health care. @djclimenhaga.bsky.social writes. #abpoli

*Privatization and outsourcing DO NOT reduce pressures on the public system*. The parallel for-profit stream is cannibalizing our public system capacity - and patients and healthcare workers are paying the price. 3/

To the extent that this massive redirection from public to private reduces wait times, it is exclusively for those low complexity, high volume, less urgent procedures. CIHI data shows that under ASI wait times for complex & urgent surgeries like hip fractures & cancer care have skyrocketed. 2/

When govt prioritizes contracted surgical volumes it directs more and more resources to that objective: money, OR time/space, staffing - even pressuring anesthetists and surgeons to prioritize shifts in CSFs over their roles in public hospitals. 1/

We never recovered from the cuts Harper made - this will only put us further behind and make it impossible to catch up. I've been emailing every cabinet minister about this.

Stephen Harper-era reforms via Mark Carney. www.thestar.com/news/canada/...

No free passes. No matter who the PM is. #BetterMedicare

Launching our "Cost of Care" issue @thelocal.to today, about the places where money and medicine collide. Here's @alisonmotluk.bsky.social writing the best, clearest thing I've seen on what a routine surgery says about the possible future of care. thelocal.to/cataract-sur...

Minnesota: "School officials say the [5-year-old] child was used as bait. They say [ICE] agents made little Liam knock on the door to ask to be let in in order to see if anyone else was home."

Lets make Medicare, better care! Join us for a @cdndrsformedicare.bsky.social Health Summit: www.canadiandoctorsformedicare.ca/2026_better_...

I was interviewed on @CBCOntarioToday about why Ontario is being left behind on pharmacare while BC & Manitoba push ahead. 1 in 10 Canadians can’t afford meds. Pharmacare would save BILLIONS + cover everyone. Time for leadership. Listen: www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

We need to pay for healthcare in 🇨🇦 to work. Just not the way you may be thinking.

Do not do this. Do not share any biometric data with anyone voluntarily. Even if the Ts&Cs say they will keep the information confidential -- which I doubt -- they could change the terms at any time, by which time they have your data to share with others.

Not just Hamilton, but across the province. Ontario already has the second-lowest number of hospital beds per capita in Canada, and some of the lowest rates of public investment. www.thespec.com/news/hamilto...

This is a tragic event, and my heart goes out to the pt's family. globalnews.ca/news/1... 1/14

Anybody who reads about this tragic case and thinks this has to do with a HCW not recognizing the severity at triage has simply NOT been paying attention. threadreaderapp.com/... 1/14

Classic yet alarming: the federal govt just posted in the Canada Gazette a proposal to fundamentally change drug regulation as we know it. Here's the link to the Gazette: gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p1/202...

Ebenezer Scrooge, a plasma story. Part 1 of 2: www.torontotoday.ca/local/health...

Some holiday wishes via @healthydebate.bsky.social. Happy 2026 everyone! healthydebate.ca/2025/12/topi...

What’s the Family Doctor Fix? Teams are a great place to start.

This is not just an Albertan issue. We all need to pay attention - and act.

Alberta’s Bill 11 has passed. Two-tier healthcare is about to become a reality. While the rich get a fast lane to care, your costs and wait times are set to increase dramatically. Tell Ottawa to act now and stop this. Sign the petition and send a letter at: notwotier.ca/canadahealth...

“The danger of undue corporate influence over the policy-making process was recently flagged by the federal government’s own Committee of Experts on pharmacare.” canadians.org/media/media-...

Warnings from Australia: “Investing more in private hospitals rather than public hospitals will increase public hospital waiting lists because there is a fixed number of doctors at any one time.” theconversation.com/private-hosp...

MPPs & doctors @robinlennoxmd.bsky.social & @shamjiadil.bsky.social cross-party lines, for Pharmacare. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

Expanding prescription medication coverage is a win-win: better health outcomes, out-of-pocket savings, and savings for our health system. Pharmacare now! www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

Surgical wait times & one way out.

Budget 2025 left out critical investments for family doctors that were promised in the Liberal election platform—use this quick letter tool to write to your MP today. Let’s remind them to fulfill election pledges and strengthen family medicine: https://ow.ly/lbZz50XFG8b

The Alberta government is rushing this legislation through early this week—allowing just one hour of debate on the biggest change to healthcare in a generation. It paves the way for a fast lane for the wealthy and erodes the public system we all rely on. Take action: notwotier.ca/sendmessage

If Poilievre were doing this, folks would rightly be up in arms. Carney? He should not get a free pass. This is anti-democratic. www.thestar.com/politics/pol...

“[H]omes with the lowest recorded staffing over that year are for-profit homes.” www.thetrillium.ca/news/health/...

This is why pharmacare matters. More here: www.canadiandoctorsformedicare.ca/ontarians_de...

This is important. Please share. "What do Ontario NDP, Liberal and Green MPPs have in common? Pharmacare... ...This morning, we sent a letter to the Premier and Minister Jones calling on our province to join the national plan for birth control and diabetes." #OnPoli #OnHealth

This morning, @cdndrsformedicare.bsky.social convened a multi-party & collaborative coalition of Ontario MPPs, calling on the province to join the national program for Pharmacare.