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.

Part 3: Decoding healthcare delivery, for-profit vs not-for-profit.

"We noted cases where physicians charged patients directly for optional or unnecessary add-ons…without informing patients about their right to opt for a basic, free-of-charge cataract surgery" www.thestar.com/politics/pro...

Part 2: Decoding healthcare payment, public vs private.

New report recommends making pharmacare permanent with annual funding as progress on bilaterals remains stalled By @tessiesanci #cdnpoli www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...

Part 1 on decoding public v private healthcare.

Joined the folks at CBC’s lunch hour call-in show, Ontario Today, to decode private healthcare. For your commute home: www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

From the chair of the federal government’s National Pharmacare Committee of Experts, Nav Persaud does not mince his words. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

For the 3rd in recent years, the federal government’s own experts have recommended a universal public pharmacare program. So, where is it?

Allowing doctors to practise in both public and private systems solves what exactly? What Alberta is proposing may sound good superficially but makes no sense in the Canadian context, by @picardonhealth.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... via @theglobeandmail.com

What Alberta's public-private doctor plan could mean for insurance, physician burnout, nurses and more https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-s-public-private-doctors-explainer-9.6987777 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter

What’s in…and what’s out in Canadian Medicare.

This med student gets it. Premier Smith should take the time to listen.

Explainer threads…out Explainer videos…in!

Expert says Alberta’s proposed two-tier model would violate the Canada Health Act www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber... @alannasmith.bsky.social @danyaalraza.com More news → CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁

Well, I finally took the plunge. Text, now video, bringing health analysis to the masses. vt.tiktok.com/ZSf8oJEWx/

Private-pay medical testing will make wait times worse, for most edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu... @bernardho.bsky.social More news → CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁

“Every doctor and nurse diverted to private-pay clinics is a resource taken away from the collective effort to rebuild universal primary care." writes Broadbent Research fellow @danyaalraza.com Read his latest @thestar.com op-ed: www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

Absolutely brilliant exposition of what is happening *RIGHT NOW* across Ontario and Canada, thank you @danyaalraza.com . Health care is in crisis, the solutions are obvious, and governments everywhere are looking away from what is happening. Gift link: www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

I was recruited to join a private health centre as a doctor. Here's why I said no www.thestar.com/opinion/cont... @danyaalraza.com @thestar.com More news → CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁

Early in my career, a recruiter asked me to leave my practice & join a private clinic instead. I said no. Here's why: www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

The budget. It puts $5 billion into “health infrastructure,” which sounds like healthcare funding. But is it? My breakdown for Canada Healthwatch looks at what’s new, what’s missing, and why health is now being framed as infrastructure.

“My friends, the world is changing. It's not a question of whether that change will come. It's a question of who will change it.” @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social People are choosing real alternatives instead of continuity. Mamdani stands for an antifascist economics in the name of the many. 🧵

"This budget seems to have a case of mistaken identity [...] Instead of making historic investments to modernize and update health and social care, they are asking under-resourced systems to increasingly do more, with less." Read the latest from @danyaalraza.com : www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

Carney’s first budget asks the wrong Canadians to make sacrifices www.thestar.com/opinion/cont... @danyaalraza.com @thestar.com More news → CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁

Boys do cry: The Toronto Blue Jays challenge sport’s toxic masculinity with displays of love and emotion

With no additional pharmacare money in federal budget, some fear New Brunswick will miss out https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/dornan-pharmacare-deal-9.6968112 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter

Privately paid medical tests a step toward U.S.-style health care https://edmontonjournal.com/opinion/columnists/opinion-privately-paid-medical-tests-a-step-toward-u-s-style-health-care 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter

Wondering what the budget has to say about health/healthcare? My take here, gift link: www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

If at least 26 billionaires can waste at least $27 million trying to defeat Zohran Mamdani, then those same billionaires can afford to pay an extra 2% on their income over $1 million to make New York a better, thriving city for everyone — including themselves.