I wrote this piece on the recent physician agreement, the plan to add a complexity modifier to primary care capitation payment and what this can mean for marginalized communities if done well. https://t.co/EfECFWP91w via @HealthyDebate#onpoli#sdoh#cdnpoli
*Reading a kids book about gender to my 5-year-old*
Me: “Some people are girls, some are boys, some are neither, and some are both…”
5yo: “And mommy, if you don’t know, you can just say they.”
The kids are gonna be alright.
For healthcare workers who ask themselves why they are so tired at the end of the week, I would reframe the question to: what is wrong with the system that leads to this kind of exhaustion and burnout?
A real privilege to share space with longtime idols @Pam_Palmater and El Jones, and to take a high level look at the pandemic, including who has been most impacted, how govts have failed and the need for broad social policy measures going forward. #cdnpoli#onpoli#COVID19
Many children of immigrants experience hidden grief or disenfranchised grief that is not acknowledged by society or the systems we live in. Here are things you may need to process grief around as it relates to family, identity, friendships, romantic relationships, & stigma >>
It is really (really) strange that Canada's "universal" healthcare system doesn't think that our eyes, teeth or the medications we need to stay healthy...are deserving of "universal" healthcare coverage.