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Health-care tower with new Pan Am clinic part of the radical makeover slated for Portage Place

A 15-storey health-care tower with a primary-care clinic, an after-hours walk-in clinic and a satellite facility for the Pan Am Clinic are part of a roughly $550-million plan to redevelop downtown Winnipeg’s Portage Place mall. True North Real Estate Development — which has an option to purchase the mall, the parkade below it and rights to build two new high-rise towers above it — is planning a radical makeover for the 36-year-old megaproject that would transform it into a downtown community campus. “We can drill down to the kinds of programming we think makes sense for this city and for…
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Ontario passes bill allowing private clinics to conduct more surgeries

The Ontario government has passed a bill allowing private clinics to conduct more OHIP-covered surgeries as advocates warn of potential legal action. Bill 60, also known as the Your Health Actwas passed by the Doug Ford government Monday at Queen’s Park and will go into effect once it receives Royal Assent. The legislation was first tabled in February by Health Minister Sylvia Jones, who argued it was necessary to reduce the province’s large surgical backlog. “People should not have to wait for months for diagnosis, and if necessary, surgeries,” Jones said on Feb. 21. Under the bill, both for-profit and…
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Manitoba will lift most mask rules in health-care facilities

Manitoba Most of the masking requirements for health-care facilities in Manitoba are set to be lifted next week. Masks will still be required in areas with vulnerable groups like cancer, transplant patients: Shared Health The Canadian Press · Posted: May 03, 2023 3:22 PM EDT | Last Updated: May 3 Most of the masking requirements for health-care facilities in Manitoba are set to be lifted next week, but some individual health-care clinics may still require people to wear masks indoors, Shared Health says. (Radio-Canada) Most of the masking requirements for health-care facilities in Manitoba are set to be lifted next…
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Here’s what’s in the bill that spurred the latest Republican walkout from the Oregon Senate

Republicans walked out of the Oregon Senate this week in large part to avoid a vote on a reproductive health care bill that passed the House on Monday. The bill passed despite delay tactics in the House and 6 hours of floor debate. OPB covered that debate and the contents of the bill on Tuesday, publishing a story shortly before the walkout commenced. Below is the short version of that story — just four main things to know about the bill that caused Republican state senators to walk out of the statehouse again. State senate in session at the Oregon…
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What is Medicare Secondary Payer and when does it apply?

Editor’s note: This column, a repeat from last year, is a follow-up to the previous Health Care Buzz column. Several adults are either on Traditional Medicare/TM already or are looking to move to Medicare as they turn 65 and have many questions about: Will Traditional Medicare always be the primary insurance after 65? Is there ever a time it won’t be? Great questions and as always, there are multi-layered answers. Day Egusquiza COURTESY PHOTO When Medicare began in 1965, it was the primary payer for all claims except for those covered by Worker’s Compensation, Federal Black Lung and Veteran’s Administration…
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Instacart CEO Fidji Simo launches her health care side hustle

Good morning, Broadsheet readers! The battle over mifepristone continues, Taylor Swift vetted FTX better than the pros, and Fortune senior writer Maria Aspan talks to Instacart’s CEO about getting her health care startup off the ground. Happy Thursday. More from Fortune: 5 side hustles where you may earn over $20,000 per year—all while working from home Looking to make extra cash? This CD has a 5.15% APY right now Buying a house? Here’s how much to save This is how much money you need to earn annually to comfortably buy a $600,000 home – Long-awaited launch. Since she took over…