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CAQ unveils Santé Québec, the new agency in charge of fixing the province’s health-care system
François Legault’s government is banking on a new provincial agency to fix its battered health-care system, and it’s called Santé Québec.
The creation of Santé Québec is the foundational piece of Bill 15, which Health Minister Christian Dubé tabled at the National Assembly on Wednesday.
If it becomes law, Santé Québec will oversee all activities related to the public health-care system, including providing services and facilitating access.
The province’s Health Ministry would provide broad guidelines, Dubé said, but Santé Québec would be the organization in charge.
Santé Québec would also help organize elements of the private sector.
“It will be…
Teaching Braille in PE – PHE America
Each school year, I teach a unit called “Abilities Awareness”. Making students aware of each other’s different abilities helps us become better citizens and leads to a more positive and inclusive school climate. This awareness leads to empathy and a deeper understanding of our peers’ individual learning needs resulting in a sense of belonging, community, and value in our school community. This unit is also an opportunity to address misconceptions surrounding different disabilities. In the words of Winston Churchill, “Diversity is the one true thing we all have in common. Celebrate it every day.”
Sight Reading BrailleThis year, I wanted…
How one cardiologist turns art to be a better doctor
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The life of a doctor isn’t easy these days. Many are saddled with massive student loan debt, work long hours and continue to deal with the trauma of treating patients during the pandemic.
Doctors, nurses and other front-line health-care workers bore the brunt of the pandemic. Many contracted covid-19, and some even had to intubate their colleagues. Others developed long covid, and some suffered such intense emotional pain that they died by suicide. Doctors who want to seek mental health support are fearful of retribution from state licensing boards.
National Doctors’ Day is celebrated every…
Ontario extended medical care coverage to uninsured patients during a pandemic, but that’s ending
Rose Celeste of Toronto says she spent years avoiding a visit to the doctor.
As an undocumented migrant worker from the Philippines, she fears something as simple as a checkup could lead to a run-in with the law and jeopardize her life in Canada.
But when the COVID-19 pandemic hit three years ago, that changed. The province directed hospitals to temporarily provide medically necessary care to patients without coverage while reimbursing them for the expense — something that led Celeste, 61, to discover and then treat her thyroid cancer.
Without the program, she estimates she’d be thousands of dollars in…
Doctors blast province for ending health care for uninsured residents
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The Ontario Medical Association is blasting the province for its plans to end a program that provides health care services for people without health insurance and is calling on the government to extend it until a new solution can be worked out.
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Dr. Board Chair Cathy Faulds says the government notified the association on Friday that the Physician and Hospital Services for Uninsured Persons program will end on March 31.
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Faulds says the government decision will hurt the province’s marginalized residents, who already face extra social barriers and would have to rely on the…
Gov. Beshear signs measure expanding access to health care
FRANKFORT, Ky. (WBKO) – Gov. Andy Beshear was joined by health care leaders and lawmakers today in the Capitol Rotunda for a bill-signing ceremony honoring the passage of legislation that expands health care services for Kentuckians.
The measure, House Bill 75, also supports Kentucky’s hospitals by boosting Medicaid payment rates for outpatient procedures performed at hospitals.
The law is expected to provide needed budgetary support for hospitals, especially the state’s rural health care facilities.
“More than any other entity, Kentucky’s hospitals have felt the strain of increased demand on resources and services as we’ve dealt with the impacts of a…
Help Revise the National PE Standards – PHE America
School districts across the country rely on SHAPE America’s National Standards and Grade-Level Outcomes for K-12 Physical Education in order to develop their own standards, frameworks and curricula.
As part of the ongoing standards revision process, SHAPE America’s National Physical Education Standards Task Force has tirelessly gathered research and best practices from education experts around the world, and has collected feedback from the HPE community. Based on the feedback from the first round of Public Review and Comment, SHAPE America, and the National Physical Education Standards Task Force have developed proposed Student Attributes and Draft Standards, which are now available…