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Canadian Doctors For Medicare
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An evidence-based, values-driven organization dedicated to strengthening & preserving Canada's publicly-funded health care system. Join today! https://www.canadiandoctorsformedicare.ca/cdm_health_summit_2025
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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.
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Canadian Doctors for Medicare Warns Albertans of Premier’s Plan to Undermine Public Health Care
Seeking to strengthen and improve Canada's universal publicly-funded health care system. Evidence-based, values driven.
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November 19, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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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.
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Carney government is silent on prospect of pharmacare deals for provinces like Ontario
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s silence on Ottawa’s outstanding pharmacare deals with provinces and territories — including Ontario — have health experts questioning why the issue no longer appears to be
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July 31, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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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...

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Webinar on Heatwaves: protecting health in a climate crisis Canada is heating up twice as fast as the global average. Extreme heat is putting increasing strain on our health and health systems. Join us on August 5 at 7 pm ET to learn about ways to cope with heat and how better Medicare could save lives. To register for the webinar follow the link We’re thrilled to welcome Dr. Melissa Lem and Dr. Monika Dutt to the panel, with Dr. Edward Xie moderating the discussion. We look forward to seeing you there!
July 31, 2025 at 1:43 AM
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We are sounding the alarm on the growing influence of private equity investment in Canada's health care system.

Read our position statement below:

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Canadian Doctors for Medicare’s Position Statement on Private Equity Investment in Canadian Health Care
Seeking to strengthen and improve Canada's universal publicly-funded health care system. Evidence-based, values driven.
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May 21, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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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/...
Why having surgeons work together reduces wait times for hip and knee replacements | CBC News
Canadians who need a hip or knee replacement could get the surgery quickly without needing more operating rooms or funding if surgeons worked off a centralized list of patients, the author of a new st...
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May 21, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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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
nicktsergas.ca Nick Tsergas @nicktsergas.ca · May 5
Charging patients for publicly insured care is illegal. So is steering them toward unnecessary, add-on services.

This week, we’re looking at proposed provincial legislation that would finally enforce these rules. It's an Ontario story, with national relevance.

canadahealthwatch.ca/newsletter/2...
Should provinces crack down on illegal healthcare fees?
Canada's national curated aggregator for current health news, analysis, and podcasts.
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May 12, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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Many diabetes medications, birth control now free in PEI under new pharmacare deal www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... @cbcnews.ca

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Access to the national pharmacare program started this month on P.E.I., providing free coverage for a range of diabetes medications and birth control products.
May 3, 2025 at 5:18 AM
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LifeLabs strike highlights risks of foreign ownership in Canadian health care healthydebate.ca/2025/04/topi... @maddidellplain.bsky.social @healthydebate.bsky.social

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Lifelabs corp HQ. American-owned Quest Diagnostics purchased LifeLabs in August 2024 from OMERS, a jointly owned pension fund company, for CDN $1.35 billion. LifeLabs’ B.C. workers, who have been without a contract since last April, have been on strike since Feb. 16.
May 3, 2025 at 5:34 AM
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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
April 29, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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canadahealthwatch.ca
From boardrooms to beds: Can empty offices ease hospital overcrowding? policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/ap... @cdndrsformedicare.bsky.social @irpp.org

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cool shot of a bunch of very glassy office buildings in close proximity to each other. All you can see is windows.
April 16, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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Liberals would use Canada Health Act to push back on privatization, says health minister www.bradfordtoday.ca/2025-federal... @kamalkheralib.bsky.social

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Federal Minster of Health, Kamal Khera, showed her support during a visit to local Liberal candidate Mike Hanrahan’s Bradford campaign office on April 23.
April 24, 2025 at 2:24 AM
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🚨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

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Health care challenges in Canada and opportunities for federal leadership: A special election webinar with Dr. Danielle Martin
Join Dr. Danielle Martin for an online conversation with the Canadian Health Coalition’s Anne Lagacé Dowson
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April 11, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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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
Now’s the time to maximize the economic potential of public health care
Canadians are rallying around a renewed sense of national identity in the face of Donald Trump’s erratic and aggressive threats.
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April 10, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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"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."
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FIRST PERSON | My baby girl almost died. That's why national pharmacare will decide my vote | CBC News
Scott MacMillan was relieved when doctors were able to save the life of his daughter, Rosemary, who was in diabetic ketoacidosis. But when the hospital staff asked about insurance, he was filled with ...
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April 11, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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“Ontario, Ms. Mackett’s home province, is among the jurisdictions that have yet to sign a deal.”

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For people living with diabetes, the push for medical coverage isn’t political, it’s personal
Advocates for publicly funded coverage say there are detrimental and deadly health consequences for patients who cannot afford prescribed medications
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April 10, 2025 at 11:10 AM
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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.”

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Opinion: Attack on AHS reveals the failings of surgery privatization
While politically convenient to blame AHS, responsibility for surgical wait times sits squarely with the government.
edmontonjournal.com
April 4, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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"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.
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With skyrocketing cost of living, now is the time for Ontario to opt into pharmacare - Healthy Debate
With the cost of living skyrocketing in Ontario, our patients continue to make difficult decisions – whether to pay for food, rent or medications.
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April 1, 2025 at 12:46 AM
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"Yet, all we’ve heard from Ontario is that the province can’t commit to sign on until it knows more."

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With skyrocketing cost of living, now is the time for Ontario to opt into pharmacare - Healthy Debate
With the cost of living skyrocketing in Ontario, our patients continue to make difficult decisions – whether to pay for food, rent or medications.
healthydebate.ca
March 31, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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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
alonghurst.bsky.social Andrew Longhurst 🇨🇦 🍉 @alonghurst.bsky.social · Mar 25
Against a backdrop of surgical contract corruption allegations rocking Alberta, my new Parkland Institute report provides timely, data-driven analysis of the Alberta Surgical Initiative after five years.

Join us!

Mar 26, 12-1 MST

Registration: ualberta-ca.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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Alberta's surgical crisis: private profits, public losses Parkland Institute Report Launch Webinar march 26, 2026, 12pm-1pm MST
March 26, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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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

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I traded my U.S. medical career for life in Canada. Here’s how the…
The differences hit me immediately, and are profound.
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March 25, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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“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.”
March 26, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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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
Alberta's Surgical Crisis: Private Profits, Public Losses Parkland Institute Report Launch Webinar March 26, 2025, 12pm-12pm MST Public launch of the report "Operation Profit: Private Surgical Contracts Deliver Higher Costs and Longer Waits" Featuring report author Andrew Longhurst
March 20, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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“We’re in a time of elbows up, so hopefully we link arms” - Ryan Meili
cdndrsformedicare.bsky.social Canadian Doctors For Medicare @cdndrsformedicare.bsky.social · Mar 8
Dr. Ryan Meili kicks off #CDMSummit2025 with his experience as both a frontline physician and an MLA in Saskatchewan
#BetterMedicare
March 9, 2025 at 2:10 AM
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Dr. David Urbach ending a great summit with a talk on tangible solutions to fixing our health care wait times.
#CDMSummit2025
#BetterMedicare
March 8, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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We're sounding the alarm on the threat of private equity within our health care system
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Dr. Henry Annan
Matthew Tracey
#CDMSummit2025
#BetterMedicare
March 8, 2025 at 6:40 PM