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Emergency Measures Needed to Address Ontario …

WEBOverall measures needed to address staffing shortages. The Ontario government must require a ratio of 70 percent full-time staff in hospitals and long-term …

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Ford Ramping Up Privatization of Ontario Healthcare System

WEBNatalie Mehra, Executive Director of Ontario Health Coalition ( OHC ), says Ford began privatizing healthcare as soon as he took office. The Conservatives passed …

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Cuba’s Unique Model of Medical Internationalism

WEBCuba’s Unique Model of Medical Internationalism. In recent weeks, more than a dozen countries – including two in Europe – have requested and received Cuban …

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Novel Virus, Old Story: Government Failings Put …

WEBJane E. McArthur is a PhD candidate in sociology/social justice at the University of Windsor. Her dissertation research focuses on the understandings and …

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The Ontario Government’s Plans for Healthcare Privatization and …

WEBFor-Profit Privatization of Hospitals. So-called “Independent Health Facilities” are in fact private for-profit clinics. Ontario’s Auditor General reports that 98% …

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The Ontario Healthcare Crisis: Election Primer

WEBThe Ontario Health Coalition is comprised of a Board of Directors, committees of the Board as approved in the Coalition's annual Action Plan, Local …

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Building Universal Healthcare in South Africa

WEBThe latest government data available shows that between 1997 and 2011, the total number of healthcare workers in the public sector grew by 60,000 – from …

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Healthcare Funding Crisis

WEBHealthcare Funding Crisis: Unpacking the Ontario Government Economic Statement Canada, Public Goods • November 3, 2023 • Ontario Health Coalition. Today …

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The Collapse of Healthcare in Peru

WEBThe Collapse of Healthcare in Peru. On 11 March 2020, Peru declared a 90-day national sanitary emergency. Subsequently, the country announced a total lockdown …

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Ontario Expands For-Profit Hospital in Violation of the Law

WEBThe fact that the former Health Minister expanded a for-profit hospital, gave them an extraordinary funding increase of 278%, and the government is paying them …

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Hospital Overload: Ford Government Begins Its Assault on Ontario

WEBAccording to Ministry of Health data, by 2010 there were, on average, 30,164 inpatients in Ontario’s 30,810 hospital beds. The provincial hospital bed occupancy rate …

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Healthcare Reform in a Post-Pandemic World

WEBBy 2018, the Milliman Medical Index was reporting that total healthcare costs for a family of four with decent employment-based coverage were exceeding …

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Ontario Hospital Crisis: No Capacity, No Plan, No End

WEBAs shown in the 2022/3 and 2023/4 Estimates, IHF budgeted funding increased from $38,693,100 to $120,693,100. That is an increase of exactly $82-million …

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Marx in the Era of Pandemic Capitalism

WEBFirst of all, it is important to emphasize that Marx tried to interpret “disasters” from the mid-1840s. From his historical and economic studies conducted in the years …

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Drivers and Riders Unite!

WEBDrivers and Riders Unite! Public Goods • October 27, 2010 • Linda Averill. Fare hikes, layoffs, and service cuts decimate public transit. In 2008, when gas prices …

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The Other Pandemic: Violence Against Healthcare Workers

WEBIn Canada, 85% of healthcare workers are women, and many are racialized, especially among lower-wage healthcare workers such as cleaners and personal …

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Cuba’s Contributions in the Fight Against the COVID-19 Pandemic

WEBAs a result, the city of Guayaquil alone, Ecuador’s largest, with about 2,700 million inhabitants, had an estimated 7,600 deaths due to the pandemic, a number more …

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Essential Services in Quebec and the ‘crystal ball’ by François Legault

WEBCanada, Labour • January 1, 2024 • Yvan Perrier. In the present labour dispute in the public and semi-public sectors, the issue of essential services has unquestionably resurfaced …

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Climate Justice Resurfaces Amidst New York’s Corporate Sharks

WEBThe world’s largest ever march against climate change on Sunday (21 September) brought 400,000 people to the streets of New York, starting a lively parade …

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Why Can’t Everyone Get Free COVID-19 Treatment

WEBDiane Archer is a senior adviser to Social Security Works and founder and president of Just Care USA, an independent digital hub covering health and financial …

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