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...

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...

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

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...

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/...

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

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 🍁

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 🍁

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

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 🍁

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 🍁

🚨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-...

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

"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/...

“Ontario, Ms. Mackett’s home province, is among the jurisdictions that have yet to sign a deal.” www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/fed...

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...

"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...

"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

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

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 🍁

“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.”

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

“We’re in a time of elbows up, so hopefully we link arms” - Ryan Meili

Dr. David Urbach ending a great summit with a talk on tangible solutions to fixing our health care wait times. #CDMSummit2025 #BetterMedicare

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

@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

"If you want a high-functioning health care system, you absolutely need high quality primary care." @danyaalraza.com #CDMSummit2025 #BetterMedicare

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

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

Dr. Ryan Meili kicks off #CDMSummit2025 with his experience as both a frontline physician and an MLA in Saskatchewan #BetterMedicare

⏳ 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

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...

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/...

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...

"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

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?

⚠️ 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! 🎟️

“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.”

🌟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.

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!

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

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...

“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...

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/

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 🧵

For more information on the recently released Canada Health Act Policy interpretation letter, please see our press release. www.canadiandoctorsformedicare.ca/canadian_doc...

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...

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.

"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...

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 🍁