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Not done yet: $10-a-day child care requires addressing Canada’s child care deserts

Health and Well-being David Macdonald and Martha Friendly -
Click here to view original web page at spon.ca Canada has made big progress on child care costs—but has a lot of work ...

Community Health Centres: A Better Way to Deliver Primary Health Care

Health and Well-being Andrew MacLeod -
Click here to view original web page at thetyee.ca Community health centres offer one-stop access ...

Critics denounce ‘zombie’ push for private health care as Quebec data shows much higher costs

Health and Well-being Alison Northcott, Christine Birak and Lauren McCallum -
Click here to view original web page at www.cbc.ca The Quebec government has paid significantly more for certain procedures completed in private clinics compared to...

An Ontario doctor’s wait-list database is saving patient lives. It’s madness a doctor had to do it himself

Health and Well-being Armine Yalnizyan -
Click here to view original web page at www.thestar.com The first time Niagara family physician Ali Qamar looked at the database he and his team...

Pharma ‘Myth’ Debunked as Study Shows US Public Poured $32 Billion Into mRNA Vaccines

Health and Well-being Jake Johnson -
Click here to view original web page at www.commondreams.org "Medical technologies related to pathogens with pandemic potential ...

Ford could solve the public health care crisis by enforcing the law and ending deep service cuts

Health and Well-being Doreen Nicoll -
Click here to view original web page at doreenn.substack.com The Ford government could have fined private clinics and doctors in violation of the Canada Health...

Canada Should Bring Dental Corporations Under Public Control

Health and Well-being David Thornley -
Click here to view original web page at jacobin.com “Nationalism,” the new issue of Jacobin is out now. Subscribe today and get a yearlong print...

A courageous plan required for primary care reform

Health and Well-being Dr. Danielle Martin, Edward Greenspon and Georgina Black -
Click here to view original web page at www.thestar.com Just-released data suggests that more than 6.5 million Canadian adults are without a primary care provider,...

Four Ways the Ford Government is Privatizing Hospitals

Health and Well-being Doug Allan -
Click here to view original web page at ochuleftwords.blogspot.com Premier Ford wants for-profit surgical clinics -- but that is just one area where his government...

How the pharmaceutical industry uses disinformation to undermine drug price reform

Health and Well-being Joel Lexchin -
Click here to view original web page at theconversation.com Canada’s drug prices are the fourth highest in the developed world. Despite this, Innovative Medicines Canada...

Here is a health care to-do list for the federal government

Health and Well-being Pat Armstrong and Hugh Armstrong -
Click here to view original web page at spon.ca This system deteriorated when the matching money dependent on the broad conditions — including no fees...

Ontario science table details plan to improve primary health care

Health and Well-being SPON Social Policy in Ontario -
Click here to view original web page at spon.caThis article was originally published by the Toronto's Star's Editorial Board on Oct. 5, 2022. Those who...

The Coming COVID Brain Wreck?

Health and Well-being Andrew Nikiforuk -
Click here to view original web page at thetyee.ca A new study adds to concerns about the...

How improving COPD treatment in primary care could reduce demand on hospitals and emergency departments

Health and Well-being Andrew Scarffe, Christopher Licskai, Doug Coyle, Kednapa Thavorn, Kevin Peter Brand and Madonna Ferrone -
Click here to view original web page at theconversation.com In Ontario, nearly 900,000 people live with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). People with this condition...

The war on nurses feels like Groundhog Day

Health and Well-being Cathy Crowe -
Click here to view original web page at rabble.ca Attacks on nurses, whether it be physical assault, or political assault by elected...

Canada’s low-risk alcohol use guidelines have been slashed to 6 drinks per week. Here’s why.

Health and Well-being Tim Stockwell -
Click here to view original web page at theconversation.com New Canadian guidelines for reducing risks to health from alcohol use were released for public comment...

Preventing delirium protects seniors in hospital, and could also ease overcrowding and emergency room backlogs

Health and Well-being George A. Heckman -
Click here to view original web page at theconversation.com Imagine a health condition that leads to the death of up to one-quarter of those hospitalized...

Canadians need a moratorium on paying for plasma

Health and Well-being Doreen Nicoll -
Click here to view original web page at rabble.ca Canadian Blood Services is one of Canada’s largest national charities funded by taxpayers. It’s responsible for...

Provinces need to have a plan for health-care funding — or they shouldn’t get the money

Health and Well-being Armine Yalnizyan, Pat Armstrong Marjorie Griffin Cohen and Laurell Ritchie -
Click here to view original web page at www.thestar.com Provinces want $28 billion more from the feds for health care. Before they get a penny,...

The worst idea in food? Expiration dates

Health and Well-being Lingxuan Liu -
Click here to view original web page at www.fastcompany.com Before ending up on a European supermarket shelf, an avocado has effectively emitted 1.3 kilograms of...
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