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More than 300 Filipino health-care workers to fill Manitoba vacancies, province says – Winnipeg

Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Manitoba government says it’s giving a boost to the province’s health-care system by bringing in more than 300 internationally educated professional workers to fill vacant positions. Health minister Audrey Gordon said Tuesday that almost 90 per cent of the 348 candidates offered for positions during the province’s recent recruitment mission to the Philippines have accepted the gigs. 1:56 ‘A humbling experience’: Manitoba nursing recruitment trip is underway in Philippines “It is so gratifying to see such a high acceptance rate,” Gordon said. Story continues below advertisement “But it’s also humbling to…
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Patient care delayed at Vancouver clinic embroiled in legal battle

Patients continue to flock to the City Center urgent and primary care facility in downtown Vancouver, even though it’s hobbled by complex legal sparring is likely to drag on in the absence of decisive government intervention. The chief medical officer for Seymour Health says at least 50 patients a day are sent to hospitals or other diagnostic facilities for X-rays, ultrasounds and lab work – services they used to be able to get on site – amid a legal battle with the Vancouver Coastal Health. “What we’re hoping for is a resolution that will allow us to apply our full…
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Comparing health care costs at Utah hospitals, the patient rights group finds transparency problems

We just got out of our open enrollment period at The Tribune, and I wasn’t especially happy with what I saw this year. To The Tribune’s credit, our health insurance plan premiums didn’t rise. But everything else was bad news. You see, the deductible rose significantly — by 66% year-over-year. And just as bad, the amount of each procedure our insurance would pay for dropped by 10 percentage points, nearly across the board. Not great, Bob. I tell you this is not to try to garner sympathy, but out of empathy for you all. It turned out most Americans, like…
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Health care should remain top priority for premiers amid ER crunch: groups – National

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted June 5, 2023 6:51 am Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Canadian Medical Association and 14 other organizations representing health workers are urgent premiers to keep health care at the top of the agenda at their next meeting in July. The provincial and territorial leaders met several times last year to compare notes on the health-care crisis and call on the federal government to give them more money to fix it. In February, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced a deal that would see Ottawa give $196 billion for the Canada Health…
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Compass Medical files for bankruptcy after sudden closure – Boston News, Weather, Sports

Health care provider Compass Medical has filed for bankruptcy after abruptly closing its practices last week, records show. Compass had locations in Quincy, Braintree, East Bridgewater, Easton, Middleborough and Taunton. It then confirmed an “imminent plan” to close its practices on Wednesday of last week, leaving hundreds without a job and thousands with health care headaches. The company is now facing a class-action lawsuit that has said, in part, Compass’ sudden closure placed patients “…in the chaotic, stressful, disruptive, and unsafe position of having to scramble to find new medical providers, to fill and/ or refill prescriptions, to schedule and/or…
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Randall Denley: Ontario finds surpise health care surplus

Breadcrumb Trail Links NP Comments The province has gone from spending drought to spending downpours Published June 02, 2023 • Last updated 22 hours ago • 3 minute read A government spokesperson said that its previous spending underestimate was partly due to uncertainty over how much extra money the federal government would contribute in a new health care deal with the provinces. Photo by Mike Hensen / Postmedia Article content About the only thing Ontario health care isn’t short of is statistics, and there are some interesting new ones in a report Wednesday from the province’s Financial Accountability Office (FAO).…