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Masking requirements set to lift in most Manitoba health-care settings – Winnipeg

By The Staff The Canadian Press Posted May 3, 2023 3:49 pm Updated May 3, 2023 6:51 pm Descrease article font size Increase article font size Most of the masking requirements implemented at the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic for health-care facilities in Manitoba are set to be lifted next week. Shared Health, which co-ordinates many health services in the province, says the change will apply to most visitors and patients who are going into acute and long-term care settings. Monika Warren, the chief operating officer of provincially coordinated health services at Shared Health, says the changes in masking requirements…
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Telus Health will change health service after extra-billing allegation

Breadcrumb Trail Links News Local News Telus’s LifePlus program, which charges patients thousands of years, will no longer offer physicians’ services to new patients Published April 26, 2023 • Last updated 1 day ago • 3 minute read Telus’s LifePlus program, a fee-based model which charges patients thousands of years, will no longer offer physician services to new patients, said Health Minister Adrian Dix. Photo by NICK PROCAYLO /PNGs Article content Telus Health has made changes to its subscription-based health service in order to reach a settlement with BC’s Medical Services Commission, which had allegations of illegal extra-billing. Advertisements 2…
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Sault Ste. Marie news: Protestors worried about the privatization of health care in Ontario

Protests were held across the province Tuesday opposing what critics described as plans to privatize health care in Ontario. Held by the Ontario Health Coalition, organizers said the Ford government’s Bill 60 would bring back a two-tier health care system. Representatives took aim at the bill, which is expected to pass this week. “That bill is allowing a lot of hospital procedures, diagnostics, and surgeries to be moved out of public hospitals, and into what are being called independent health facilities,” said Marie DellaVedova of the Coalition. “They are, in fact, private hospitals and clinics.” “We have experience with private…
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Florida’s new abortion ban isn’t a horror story. It’s a death sentence

“So what are some of the horror stories you’ve seen?” After more than 20 years as an abortion care physician, this is a question I’m used to being asked. And I will be hearing that question more than ever now that Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed a bill banning abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, a move that puts reproductive rights in this state under one of the greatest attacks we have ever experienced. Suffering is not a ‘story’ When people ask me about some of the “horror stories” I’ve seen, they are usually well-meaning. It’s a clunky question that…
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The Supreme Court of Canada won’t hear appeals involving private health care. why?

Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Supreme Court of Canada will not hear a challenge of a British Columbia law intended to preserve public health care through measures against extra-billing and certain private insurance. Two Vancouver private health facilities and four patients argued that provisions of the Medicare Protection Act violated their constitutional rights due to long waits for care in BC’s publicly funded system. They said it amounted to a breach of the patients’ life, liberty and security of the person under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. 2:04 Supreme Court declines to hear BC doctor’s…
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