Here is Colleen Fuller, health policy expert, author and activist, talking about the importance of universality in Part 1 of our series on the five criterial of the Canada Health Act, now 40 years old #Hoc #cdnpoli healthcoalition.ca/colleen-fuller…

It’s a good day for people who haven’t been to the dentist in far too long 🦷
It’s not so good because it’s means tested, and leaves out a lot of people who need help getting their oral health seen to…
But congratulations to Don Davies MP Jagmeet Singh and Mark Holland !!

Happy May Day! In France people wear boutonnières of lily of the valley on the day of the workers. “Without our brain and muscle not a single wheel would turn.” rtl.fr/actu/debats-so…

Love this polite language: 'Pharma's unsubstantiated yet dominant narrative that high #drug prices are needed to recoup high #research and development costs can no longer remain an evidence-free zone.'

Translation: Maybe #Pharma isn't telling the truth.
theguardian.com/global-develop…

New report for tax filing day today! @policyalternatives senior economist, Marc Lee shows that Canada’s tax system is not as progressive many think! The highest-income households have been paying increasingly less tax, proportionately, than lower-income households. monitormag.ca/reports/canada…

Join us tonight!! Why is universality so hotly contested by insurance companies and medical associations? Why do we fight for it? Let’s talk about it ♥️

This is why universal public health care was invented, and public education, and public broadcasting, and public libraries etc
Rich investors and companies like Walmart can’t make enough money selling services and products to modest and poor people..

Geneviève Biron, the daughter of the founder of one of Québec's biggest private health care companies, is the 'top gun' who will run Santé Québec, the new agency created to 'reform' QC's already very privatized health care. #polqc montrealgazette.com/news/quebec/so…

Join us tomorrow for the first in a 5 part series on the principles of the Canada Health Act, starting with UNIVERSALITY w/ policy expert Colleen Fuller healthcoalition.ca/what-are-the-5…

If ANY municipality or region believes the province has starved their healthcare services, we are more than happy to share and discuss our data.

Because it's true: they have

We audited the financial statements of every 🏥 in Ontario

Mindenpaper.com/hospital-fundi…

Cdn Health Coalition

“We’re encouraged by Minister Holland’s comments that he’s willing to start talking to provinces...that there’s a sense of urgency to get agreements in place and start rolling it out,” says our Policy guy StevenStaples #Pharmacare
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Rather than endless complaints about compensation Canadian Medical Association, we should talk about how provinces use the $12 billion in windfall revenue from capital gains. It’s free $.

Provs should be pushed to put 50% of that into health care.

And move to good salary for docs, nurses and PSWs

Private insurers in the US are after $ not health care:
« It’s one thing if a rushed server forgets the fries with your burger. It’s another entirely if the pressure to act fast leads to wrongful denials of payment for vital care. »propublica.org/article/cigna-…

Dental care about to start. ctvnews.ca/video/c2912244…

Today Canada’s unions join workers and unions across Canada to mourn the dead and fight for the living by calling for #SafeWorkNow .

#DayofMourning #April28 #CanLab canadianlabour.ca/canadas-unions…

On April 28 people around the world take time to remember those injured and killed on the job.
The day also commemorates the huge victory by northern miners on April 28 1914 to bring in the first workers compensation program in Canada.
We stand on the shoulders of giants.

Did you know that 6.5 million Canadians don’t have doctors? Starting on April 30, Cdn Health Coalition is hosting a webinar series going over the 5 principles that provinces & territories have to follow to receive federal funding for health care. Register now

healthcoalition.ca/what-are-the-5…

TheProgressiveMoose's video asks a few pointed questions of Premier Dougie Doug Ford about health care spending vm.tiktok.com/ZMMgrExKL/