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Canadian Union of Public Employees raising concerns about private health care
Most Ontarians want the government to support and improve single-payer health care, according to a new poll released by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) in conjunction with Nanos Research.
Daniel has worked at a taco stand for the past two decades and has never been affiliated with any public health service, so he had to save money to cope with a knee surgery that he required for two years and that could be done just a few months ago in a private hospital. His rehabilitation was quick, which allowed him to return to work, a real need, since he is the only breadwinner in his family. He was just beginning to recover from his pocket …
Private health-care clinics leading to inequality of access, CUPE says - Ontario Health Coalition
(June 16, 2025) By: Elliot Ferguson, The Kingston Whig Standard Privatization of cataract surgery has resulted in uneven access to the procedure and increased its cost, the Canadian Union of Public Employees says. Five years of increased government funding of private health care has increased the inequality of access for cataract surgery, according to Canada’s largest public sector union. And the Canadian Union of Public Employees’ Ontario Counc…
Union says healthcare privatization has resulted in longer wait times, unequal access and public opposition
A new report by CUPE’s Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU-CUPE) suggests that privatizing hospital services continues to result in longer wait times and unequal access based on wealth. At a news conference in Belleville Monday, OCHU-CUPE representatives noted that despite provincial funding to enable the privatization of cataract surgeries over the past five years, the number of surgeries performed on time has decreased from 72 per cent in…
Five years into Ford government’s privatization of hospital services: longer wait-times, unequal access, and public opposition | OCHU * CUPE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Five years into Ford government’s privatization of hospital services: longer wait-times, unequal access, and public opposition Kingston, ON – The Ford government’s signature policy initiative of privatizing hospital services has resulted in longer wait-times
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