Danyaal Raza
@danyaalraza.com
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Danyaal Raza
@danyaalraza.com
· Jan 16
Addressing primary care shortage: A conversation with Dr. Danyaal Raza
The family doctor shortage is one of the most pressing issues in Canadian health care. Data from OurCare led by Unity Health Toronto researchers and the largest pan-Canadian conversation about the…
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Some exciting personal news -
I've begun my term as our team's inaugural Primary Care & Health Policy Scholar, applying research to real-world policy change.
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If you're part of a people-powered org looking to influence policy makers, let's chat! DMs open.
I've begun my term as our team's inaugural Primary Care & Health Policy Scholar, applying research to real-world policy change.
unityhealth.to/2025/01/addr...
If you're part of a people-powered org looking to influence policy makers, let's chat! DMs open.
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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
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February 11, 2026 at 8:12 PM
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
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What do income inequality & healthcare funding have to do each other?
My latest, for the @hilltimes.com:
www.hilltimes.com/story/2026/0...
My latest, for the @hilltimes.com:
www.hilltimes.com/story/2026/0...
Canada's health-care crisis is fuelled by too little public spending, not too much
The federal government must substantially increase public health-care funding, financed by a fairer tax system that asks more from those who can most afford it.
www.hilltimes.com
February 11, 2026 at 6:32 PM
What do income inequality & healthcare funding have to do each other?
My latest, for the @hilltimes.com:
www.hilltimes.com/story/2026/0...
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...
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
What Alberta is doing with its health care is a threat to every Canadian
The new dual practice legislation in Alberta will create a two-tiered multi-payer system that does not address the real problems in health care because it does not involve adding more
www.thestar.com
February 11, 2026 at 12:35 AM
A clear-eyed analysis of what’s at stake, from @cdndrsformedicare.bsky.social Chair, Dr Melanie Bechard.
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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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...
RSVP for a link to join our latest webinar about Alberta’s Bill 11 and the dangers it poses to public health care in Canada.
Drs. David U. Himmelstein and Steffie Woolhandler are Distinguished Professors of Public Health at the City University of New York’s Hunter College AND co-founders of Physicians for a National Health ...
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February 6, 2026 at 4:34 PM
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...
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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
Wealthy Canadians can & should pay for better + faster care.
The way it’s done, matters.
The way it’s done, matters.
February 5, 2026 at 6:33 PM
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
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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.
The way it’s done, matters.
February 5, 2026 at 5:07 PM
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.
The way it’s done, matters.
February 5, 2026 at 4:54 PM
Wealthy Canadians can & should pay for better + faster care.
The way it’s done, matters.
The way it’s done, matters.
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Carney raised expectations of a well-being economy. His budget told a different story canadahealthwatch.ca/2026/02/04/c... @dlsphjournalism.bsky.social
Carney raised expectations of a well-being economy. His budget told a…
Mark Carney’s political rise was closely watched by advocates who believed he would reorient Canada’s economy around health and well-being. The 2025…
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February 4, 2026 at 7:06 PM
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...
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
February 4, 2026 at 3:20 PM
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...
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
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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.
These clinics pop up alongside trending health care issues, eg: ADHD clinics.
What's new here is that menopause care has made the cut.
Private menopause clinics are growing in Canada. Here’s why | CBC Radio
Some Canadians are paying for menopause care from a host of private practitioners opening clinics outside the public health-care system.
www.cbc.ca
February 3, 2026 at 9:39 PM
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.
These clinics pop up alongside trending health care issues, eg: ADHD clinics.
What's new here is that menopause care has made the cut.
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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:
A booming new industry delivers erectile dysfunction, hair loss, and weight loss drugs straight to your door. @royinori.bsky.social asks: what happens when profit incentives and the convenience of the internet meet the consumer desire for a quick fix to what ails them? thelocal.to/online-pharm...
Inside the Booming Industry Selling Lifestyle Drugs Online | The Local
From erectile dysfunction medicine to hair loss treatment to weight loss drugs—a thriving online market has emerged to seamlessly deliver drugs straight to your door. But what happens when prescriptio...
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February 3, 2026 at 11:00 PM
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:
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Alberta's Bill 11 puts Canadian medicare at risk. By @alonghurst.bsky.social #abpoli #cdnpoli www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
The end of Canadian medicare? Alberta legislation opens the door to U.S. health care - CCPA
Alberta’s two-tier health care legislation ends single-payer public health care and puts Canadian medicare at risk
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February 3, 2026 at 3:51 PM
Alberta's Bill 11 puts Canadian medicare at risk. By @alonghurst.bsky.social #abpoli #cdnpoli www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
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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
Not just in Alberta, but throughout Canada, by legislating two-tier health care. @djclimenhaga.bsky.social writes. #abpoli
How Alberta Plans to Kill Public Health Care Across Canada | The Tyee
A new law opens the door for two-tier care that would destroy medicare.
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February 3, 2026 at 10:47 PM
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
Not just in Alberta, but throughout Canada, by legislating two-tier health care. @djclimenhaga.bsky.social writes. #abpoli
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*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/
The parallel for-profit stream is cannibalizing our public system capacity - and patients and healthcare workers are paying the price. 3/
January 30, 2026 at 4:19 PM
*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/
The parallel for-profit stream is cannibalizing our public system capacity - and patients and healthcare workers are paying the price. 3/
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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/
January 30, 2026 at 4:19 PM
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/
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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/
As @jenleecbc.bsky.social reports, many Alberta patients are not getting cardiac or cancer surgery within recommended times, and increasing private surgical capacity hasn’t improved the situation to date #AbLeg #AbHealth
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Alberta heart, cancer patients waiting too long for critical surgery, health experts warn | CBC News
While a record number of surgeries is being performed in the province, the number of people on Alberta's waitlist is longer than it was two years ago. And the latest provincial data shows less than tw...
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January 30, 2026 at 4:19 PM
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/
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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.
January 29, 2026 at 4:23 PM
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.
January 27, 2026 at 4:32 PM
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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...
How Privatized Cataract Surgery Helped Ontario’s Wealthiest—and Left Others Behind | The Local
Why a routine surgery offers a window into the possible future of care in this province.
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January 22, 2026 at 1:55 PM
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...
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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."
January 22, 2026 at 12:05 AM
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_...
Join us for a @cdndrsformedicare.bsky.social Health Summit:
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January 19, 2026 at 8:36 PM
Lets make Medicare, better care!
Join us for a @cdndrsformedicare.bsky.social Health Summit:
www.canadiandoctorsformedicare.ca/2026_better_...
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-...
1 in 10 Canadians can’t afford meds. Pharmacare would save BILLIONS + cover everyone.
Time for leadership.
Listen: www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
© CBC/Radio-Canada 2026. All rights reserved.
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January 15, 2026 at 12:26 AM
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-...
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.
Just not the way you may be thinking.
January 13, 2026 at 3:15 PM
We need to pay for healthcare in 🇨🇦 to work.
Just not the way you may be thinking.
Just not the way you may be thinking.