She paid $8,000 for cataract surgery at a private clinic on a doctor’s referral. She says no one told her OHIP had a free option

She paid $8,000 for cataract surgery at a private clinic on a doctor’s referral. She says no one told her OHIP had a free option

The office of Ontario’s Patient Ombudsman received some 4,429 complaints in the 2023-24 fiscal year — the most since it opened in 2016.

She paid $8,000 for cataract surgery at a private clinic on a doctor’s referral. She says no one told her OHIP had a free option - Ontario Health Coalition

(March 13, 2025) By: Kenyon Wallace, The Toronto Star (behind a paywall) –> The first part of the article is as follows: The 85-year-old’s family is considering filing a complaint with the office of Ontario’s Patient Ombudsman, which received some 4,429 complaints in the 2023-24 fiscal year — the most since it opened in 2016. Rosaria Giovanniello says when she was referred to a private clinic for cataract surgery, no one told her that the proced…