Have you gotten cataract surgery in London, Hamilton, Niagara, or Kitchener? Were you extra-billed? In other words, did the clinic... #LondonON #HamiltonON #niagara #Kitchener

If you’ve been extra-billed in a cataract surgery clinic in Hamilton, London, Niagara, or Kitchener, please email us at [email protected] or DM us. #HamiltonON #LondonON #Niagara #Kitchener

>160 of us went to the Ontario Legislature to fill the Public Galleries & watch the Opposition ask the Health Minister & Premier why their gov't has done nothing to investigate the formal complaint that we filed last June w/50 patients who were extra-billed in private clinics.

Pls RSVP by emailing yr name & town to [email protected] ASAP. Pls spread the word & pour on the pressure b/c if we don’t fight back against Ford’s accelerating privatization, we will lose Public Medicare. Itinerary & more info 👇 #onpoli #ontario #healthcare #dougford #toronto

🚨 ACTION ALERT 🚨 Sign & share the petition to get as many signatures as we can before the deadline: www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en.... Pls confirm the House of Commons email after signing. #onpoli #cdnpoli #healthcare #dougford #markcarney

Imagine paying your life savings for surgery at age 80. That is already happening in Ford's for-profit cataract surgery clinics, but they are planning to open 57 new private clinics. Our latest rallies 👇 #onpoli #healthcare #dougford #niagara #woodstockontario #oxfordcountyontario

The situation is extremely urgent. Pls fill the Public Galleries at the Legislature on Wed Oct 29, host a Legislature Watch event in your town, and spread the word. Do everything you can to pour on the pressure. Details below 👇 #onpoli #ontario #healthcare #dougford #toronto

The Ford gov’t is privatizing our public hospitals in a move that’s costing patients thousands of dollars & taking away from our local public hospital services. Everyone’s help is needed to pressure them to stop it. #onpoli #healthcare #ontario #dougford #niagara #woodstockon #oxfordcountyontario

Thank you to all who came out to rallies in Kitchener-Waterloo, Embro & St. Thomas to show Ontarians visible opposition to #dougford's expanding hospital privatization plans. Let's keep building the fightback in Oxford County & Niagara this weekend & next week 🧵👇 #onpoli

Thank you for making a show of opposition to Ford’s expanding privatization plan in Mississauga, Oshawa, Kingston, Kincardine, Owen Sound, Sarnia & Windsor. More rallies are coming up in Kitchener-Waterloo, Oxford County & Niagara. Please come out 👇 #onpoli

Every one of us needs to make it visible that we oppose #dougford's plan to expand privatization. Come out in Kitchener-Waterloo & Oxford County this weekend to build the fightback to save public health care before we lose it. Contact info here: ontariohealthcoalition.ca/index.php/ev... #onpoli

A huge thank you to all who came out to Ingersoll, Beachville, Toronto & London to show visible opposition to Ford’s expanding privatization plan. Join more rallies this weekend & in coming weeks wherever you can to save public health care before we lose it ⬇️ #onpoli

Show Ford that we oppose his privatization of our public health care this weekend in Hamilton, Tillsonburg, Mississauga, Kincardine, Owen Sound, Sarnia & Windsor. More rallies next week. More information and contact info here: ontariohealthcoalition.ca/index.php/ev... #onpoli

Come make a show of opposition to Ford’s privatization at rallies this weekend & into the fall. If we don’t protect public health care now, we are going to lose it. This Fri & Sat: Hamilton, Tillsonburg, Mississauga, Kincardine, Owen Sound, Sarnia & Windsor. Details👇 #onpoli

CODE RED: Come make a human chain against Ford's expanding hospital privatization plans TODAY in Toronto 🚨 🗓️ 4:30 - 6:00 pm on Wed, Sept 24 📍Southeast corner of University Ave & College St #onpoli #ontario #toronto #healthcare #protest #rally #today

A private clinic illegally charged Maureen nearly $7,000 for cataract surgery. She had to borrow money from her bank to pay for her operation. Read about our formal complaint filed on behalf of 50 patients who were charged at private clinics 👇 www.thestar.com/news/canada/... #onpoli

Today, we held a press conference to announce that we have filed formal complaints on behalf of 50 patients who were charged user fees at private clinics & to call for urgent action to stop illegal fees in private clinics. Watch the press conference ⬇️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=FA4X...

NEW RELEASE: private for-profit clinics unlawfully and illegally charging seniors thousands of dollars for medically necessary surgeries that should be completely covered under OHIP. Read the article here: www.thestar.com/business/the...

Don’t miss a special Weekend Educational on the shore of Lake Huron to learn, make connections & be inspired. Info on classes in 🧵👇 🗓️ Sept 12 (check-in 3pm) to Sept 14 (check-out 11am) Register here: forms.gle/6VDEPnj2joVg... #onpoli #healthcare #PortElgin

Tonight: Pls join @GTorontoHC for a screening of acclaimed UK director Ken Loach's fascinating documentary, The Spirit of '45. Natalie Mehra, exec. director of the Ontario Health Coalition, will introduce. 🗓️ Wed, May 28 @ 7 pm 📍Steelworkers Hall, 25 Cecil St #onpoli #toronto

Join us to protect & improve public health care: Shadow Summit & rallies near Algonquin this July 21 & 22. 🧵👇 Register now to secure a spot: www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca/index.php/ev... #onpoli #ontario #huntsville #algonquin #cdnpoli

Save the date for a special Weekend Educational by the beach in Port Elgin to learn, make connections & be inspired. 🗓️ Sept 12 (check-in 3pm) to Sept 14 (check-out 11am) 📍 Unifor Family Education Centre Register here: forms.gle/6VDEPnj2joVg... #onpoli #healthcare #PortElgin

🚨 Special screening of must-see documentary: The Spirit of ’45 by acclaimed UK director #KenLoach, hosted by @GTorontoHC. Natalie Mehra, exec. director of the Ontario Health Coalition, will introduce. 🗓 Wed, May 28 @ 7pm 📍 Steelworkers Hall, 25 Cecil St, Toronto #onpoli #toronto

Save the date: shadow summit and rally held outside the Council of the Federation in Huntsville near Algonquin on July 21 & 22. Register here: www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca/index.php/ev... #onpoli #ontario #huntsville #algonquin #cdnpoli

Press conference re-introducing France Gélinas’ private member’s bill to protect patients from billing in health care 🧵 #onpoli #healthcare

This election is about the economy. It matters. But there’s no economy for you if you have to spend your savings to pay for surgery or cancer drugs. Click 👇 for political parties' records on #healthcare & questions for candidates. #onpoli #canpoli www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca/index.php/fe...

NEW: Ontario’s measles outbreak requires much more visible and effective public health response. The data should raise red flags 🚩👇 www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca/index.php/re... #onpoli #measles #publichealth

IMPORTANT story ⤵️⤵️ Patients with trachs, stage 4 bed sores, infections ++ deemed to be "Alternate Level of Care" & subject to inhumane pressure to leave hospital where they have the RIGHT to complex continuing care, rehab, mental health & other needed services. ⤵️⤵️ www.thetrillium.ca/news/health/...

Ontarians are being charged thousands of dollars for medically necessary health care in private for-profit clinics. But the Ford govt is doing nothing to stop these illegal charges — instead, they are expanding these clinics. #onpoli www.thestar.com/business/she...

Fact checker: Americans pay more IN TAXES for health care than do Canadians...but they don't get it. Medical costs are the number one cause of bankruptcy in the U.S. No thanks Donald Trump. The facts ⤵️ with comparative charts ⤵️⤵️ 1/

Doug Ford has taken a wrecking ball to #Hamilton health care. The starvation of public health care is not only widespread but deliberate. @nancyolivieri.bsky.social and OCHU-CUPE www.thespec.com/opinion/cont... #onpoli #healthcare #ontario

David was charged >$8,000 for cataract surgery by a private clinic. The Ford govt is doing nothing to stop these illegal user fees. Instead, they gave large volume contracts to for-profit cataract clinics. Please, look at the record on health care when you vote. #onpoli

1/2 After she left office, the Ford govt’s former Health Minister Christine Elliott became a lobbyist for a corporation that owns a for-profit hospital. #onpoli #ontario #election

#Ontario funds our public #healthcare at the lowest rate per person in Canada. Please consider the future of our public health care system when you vote. StopForProfitHealthCare.ca #onpoli #election

Elderly patients are being charged record-breaking out-of-pocket fees in private clinics for surgeries. Instead of enforcing the law to stop these private clinics, the Ford government is expanding them. StopForProfitHealthCare.ca #onpoli #ontario #healthcare #election #vote

By Sept 2024, the highest number ever – 2,000 patients on avg each day – were waiting on stretchers in hospital hallways. This is more than double the number in 2018 when the Ford govt was elected. StopForProfitHealthCare.ca #onpoli

In 2023, there were 1,199 closures of emergency departments, urgent care centres & more. By Dec 2024, the number of emerg department closures had broken all records. Before 2018 when the Ford govt took power, emerg department closures were almost unheard of. StopForProfitHealthCare.ca #onpoli

In 2016, before the Ford govt was elected, 1.3 million Ontarians did not have a family doctor. By July 2024, there were 2.5 million Ontarians without a family doctor. Please, consider public #healthcare when you vote. www.StopForProfitHealthCare.ca #onpoli

Our public #healthcare has never been in such crisis & disarray, from a million more Ontarians w/o a family doctor to a record number of emergency department closures. Please, #vote to protect & improve public health care or we're going to lose it. www.StopForProfitHealthCare.ca #onpoli #ontario