Say No To Healthcare Profiteering in Ontario

“The (Ford) government’s plan to bring new for-profit surgical facilities to Ontario can only make our healthcare crisis worse.”

A Statement from the Green Party of Ontario

Posted January 28^th, 2023 on Niagara At Large

It seems like everywhere we turn, (Ontario Premier) Doug Ford is busy helping private companies profit from a public resource – the Greenbelt, Ontario Place, and now our healthcare system.

The government’s plan to bring new for-profit surgical facilities to Ontario can only make our healthcare crisis worse, diverting scarce resources into the pockets of shareholders while public hospitals reel under the impact of years of under-investment.

Independent Health Facilities undertaking routine surgical procedures can play a role in helping alleviate the strain on our hospitals, allowing them to focus on more urgent and complex operations.

But they must be non-profit, affiliated with a hospital and charge OHIP –  the same amount as a hospital for the same procedure.

We cannot afford anything less.

There’s no place for profit in our healthcare system. …

Let’s put people for people before profits for shareholders.

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