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This is News? “Millions of Canadians Lack Family Doctor”

Published in June 18th, 2008

Posted by FatLady in Canadian Health Care, Health Care Policies

Generally speaking, I like the Globe and Mail as a newspaper, but I have to say. wouldn’t a better headline be “Millions on Canadians STILL Can’t Get Access to Regular Healthcare”

The Canadian Press
June 18, 2008 at 9:09 AM EDT

TORONTO — A new report from Statistics Canada says an estimated 4.1 million Canadians aged 12 or [...]

How to Lie with Half-Assed Reporting

Published in January 25th, 2008

Posted by FatLady in Health Care Policies, OHIP, weight loss surgery

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Here’s an example of the kind of reporting that irks hell out of me.
First, this fine article by Carla K. Johnson at the Associated Press reporting on a new study from Australia:
A new study gives the strongest evidence yet that obesity surgery can cure diabetes. Patients who had surgery to reduce the size of [...]

Self-Disclosure is Harder Than I Thought it Would Be

Published in December 10th, 2007

Posted by FatLady in Complex Atypical Hyperplasia, Health Care Policies, cancer, gender bias, politics

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It’s easier for me to write about public policy issues than to self-disclose. I don’t suppose that’s a huge shock to anyone reading this. Nevertheless, the whole idea of starting this blog was to educate myself, and you as well, about this health issue I’m having. I realize I’ve been deflecting my focus away [...]

Canadian Health Care in the News: OHIP Lets Family Down

Published in November 13th, 2007

Posted by FatLady in Canadian Health Care, Diagnostics, Doctors/Physicians, Health Care Policies, OHIP, Ontario Health Care

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From the Toronto Sun, via Canoe.ca
I have refrained from commenting on news items I’ve posted just because I’m just trying to understand all of this, and maybe because I haven’t entirely decided for myself if my particular ailment gives me “permission” to mouth off about the system as a whole–even though I’ve already mouthed off [...]

Canadian Health Care in the News: Almost half of Canadian health providers report high job stress: StatsCan

Published in November 13th, 2007

Posted by FatLady in Canadian Health Care, Doctors/Physicians, Health Care Policies

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From The Canadian Press:
TORONTO - A new Statistics Canada study says nearly half of all health-care providers suffer a high degree of on-the-job stress.
The federal agency says nurses, doctors and lab technicians have the highest levels of stress related to their jobs. The 2003 Canadian Community Health Survey found that among health-care providers, 45 per [...]

Canadian Health Care in the News: Health care spending to reach $160 billion

Published in November 13th, 2007

Posted by FatLady in Canadian Health Care, Doctors/Physicians, Health Care Policies

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From today’s National Post:

Health care spending to reach $160 billion: report

Meagan Fitzpatrick

CanWest News Service

Tuesday, November 13, 2007
OTTAWA — Spending on health care in Canada is expected to reach $160.1 billion by the end of the year, according to the latest data from the Canadian Institute for Health Information.
In an annual report on health care [...]

Health Care in the News: Doctor Shortage Predicted to Worsen

Published in November 12th, 2007

Posted by FatLady in Canadian Health Care, Doctors/Physicians, Health Care Policies, OHIP, politics

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From this morning’s London Free Press (London, Ontario)
Doctor shortage predicted to worsen
Mon, November 12, 2007
By JOHN MINER, SUN MEDIA
If you think it’s tough to find a doctor in Ontario now, brace yourself for what’s happening in the U.S. presidential election campaign, warns the head of a Canadian doctors’ group.
With all the presidential candidates vowing [...]

Government malpractice to blame

Published in November 12th, 2007

Posted by FatLady in Canadian Health Care, Doctors/Physicians, Health Care Policies, OHIP, Ontario Health Care, politics

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Op/Ed piece from this morning’s Winnepeg Sun
By LORRIE GOLDSTEIN

If you’re one of the five million Canadians without a family doctor, you may we wondering how such a thing could happen.
How, in a prosperous country like Canada, could we be short thousands of physicians?
Health Canada pegs the doctor shortage at 5,800 by 2010. But [...]

High-priced Canadian health care system provides poor access to care compared to other nations

Published in November 10th, 2007

Posted by FatLady in Canadian Health Care, Doctors/Physicians, Health Care Policies, politics

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I am reprinting this news release from the Frasier Institute. I think it’s important that I don’t get too wound up in my own little drama and instead keep an eye on how the system is working for others. From the sounds of this, it isn’t working very well at all.

High-priced Canadian health care system [...]