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Ontario has $4.4-billion more for health care programs than required: report
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Nurses tend to a COVID-19 patient in the Intensive Care Unit at the Bluewater Health Hospital in Sarnia, Ont., in Jan. 2022. Ontario is seeking to recruit more nurses in underserved communities.Chris Young/The Canadian Press
Ontario’s fiscal watchdog says the provincial government has allocated $4.4-billion more than it needs to pay for health care programs over the next three years, a “significant change” from a previous estimate that said the province would be facing a $10-billion shortfall.
A new report released Wednesday from Ontario’s Financial Accountability Office found the government now has $4.4-billion in “excess…
Ontario has $4B more for health care than needed for current programs: FAO
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Ontario’s fiscal watchdog says the province has $4.4 billion more allocated to health care than what’s needed to fund current programs and commitments made until 2026.
The Financial Accountability Office of Ontario says the excess money could be used for new programs
The Canadian Press · Posted: May 31, 2023 11:53 AM EDT | Last Updated: May 31
Ontario’s fiscal watchdog says the province has $4.4 billion more allocated to health care than what’s needed to fund current programs and commitments made until 2026. (Evan Mitsui/CBC)
Ontario’s fiscal watchdog says the province has $4.4 billion more allocated to health…
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On Wednesday, nearly 200 Calgary physicians published an open letter describing “collapsing” ERs and calling for Albertans to think about health care when they vote in Monday’s provincial election.
And others are raising the alarm, too.
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Illinois health care program for noncitizens, including illegal immigrants, balloons to $1.1B
An Illinois program to provide health care coverage to noncitizens, including illegal immigrants, will cost the state $1.1 billion for the upcoming fiscal year, officials said this week, an enormous increase from the $220 million initially earmarked for the benefit.
The health care program provides state-funded health care to immigrants age 42 and older who would otherwise qualify for Medicaid if they weren’t for their citizenship status. That includes those who are here legally on a green card for fewer than five years, and illegal immigrants. The state began providing Medicaid-like benefits to those 65 and over in 2020 and…