Natricia

I concur with the sentiment that: to whom much is given much is expected. My own views.

[Progress Toronto @progresstoronto]

They have $22 billion in excess and yet they're still cutting the TDSB by over $50 million. These are choices being made by Ford.

Students are struggling and these cuts will have devastating impacts. Sign our petition to demand Ford stop the cuts: https://t.co/fcRsiVZzVM

[Gail Vaz-Oxlade @GailVazOxlade]

No $$to pay nurses. No $$ to keep hospital ERs open. No $$ for schools. No $$ for autistic kids but $22 billion in ‘excess funds’ https://t.co/EN17fr4Wus

[Birgit Umaigba-Omoruyi @birgitomo]

The Ontario government sets aside $22 billion in excess funds while:

1. ERs are forced to shut down due to underfunding in healthcare
2. The education system remains severely underfunded.
3. People on ODSP remain in legislated poverty.

How is this not the definition of cruel?

[Dr. Amit Arya @AmitAryaMD]

The Ontario government is underspending on healthcare by $5 billion.

As a result, 66% of Ontario's home care agencies are being forced to cut services & 22% say their wait lists will increase. In total, 874,975 hours of care won’t be delivered to patients.

Isn't this horrific?

[Bob Bell @drbobbell]

Sincere thanks to @brianlilley for confirming that Herzig will receive $150 more per cataract surgery than ON hospitals. This means that Ottawa Herzig's 5,000 cataract surgery contract will cost ON taxpayers an extra $750,000.

https://t.co/oeHuKuAiS0

[Ontario Nurses' Association @ontarionurses]

Today we joined leaders from Ontario's 4 largest health care unions to send @JustinTrudeau & @cafreeland a letter on our serious concerns about @fordnation’s efforts to privatize Ontario's healthcare system is putting our members and patients at risk. #ONpoli 🧵1/5

[Andrew Boozary MD @drandrewb]

Moderna wants to charge $130 for its Covid vaccine in 2023. It costs $3 to produce. And its development was funded almost entirely by the public.

A reminder that in 1923, Drs. Banting and Best sold their patent for insulin to the University of Toronto for $1 dollar.

[Naheed Dosani @NaheedD]

It’s worth repeating: The goal of private for-profit healthcare is to provide profits for shareholders. Meanwhile, the goal of public healthcare is to provide healthcare for people.

Who else thinks that healthcare for people should matter more than profits for shareholders? ✋🏾

[Cheri DiNovo @CheriDiNovo]

BREAKING: @fordnation gave 24 million of Federal health $$ to CEOs of private for profit health companies. Our tax dollars!!!! Shame

[Jagmeet Singh @theJagmeetSingh]

Trudeau gives $775.5M to Ontario for surgeries backlog.

Doug Ford passes $24 million of it to CEOs of for-profit American-style care, instead of patient care.

Justin Trudeau remains silent.

[Natricia @Nat_Dru]

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[Tyler Watt 🇨🇦 @tylerwatt]

If there’s enough money to pay private companies and their profits for health care delivery, then there’s certainly enough money to pay nurses and health care workers in the public system for these services. @fordnation @SylviaJonesMPP #onpoli

[Dr. Amit Arya @AmitAryaMD]

How can for-profit surgical centres which are OHIP covered also make profits for investors or shareholders?

- Pressuring patients to buy uninsured services a.k.a “upselling”
- Overcharging government for same services
- Cutting corners on quality of care

How is this acceptable?

[Cheri DiNovo @CheriDiNovo]

LOBLAWS: is funding "Maple" a virtual-care that charges $69.00 for a Doctor's visit !! #CanadaHealthAct be damned. Not only are they #PandemicProfiteers, gouging us with food prices - now they're doing the same with healthcare

[Tyler Watt 🇨🇦 @tylerwatt]

Doug Ford is only for the rich & big businesses. He is spending our money to benefit for-profit health care while suppressing the wages of public healthcare workers. I’m sure he’ll be rewarded with a cushy advisory job after he’s booted out of office like Mike Harris. #onpoli

[Cheri DiNovo @CheriDiNovo]

NOBODY VOTED FOR: Paving the Greenbelt, Privatizing surgeries, underspending by 1Billion on Healthcare during the pandemic, messing with city governance, short-changing nurses...#Ontario

[Dr. Amit Arya @AmitAryaMD]

Serious question: When our public healthcare system is collapsing from causes like understaffing…why is the Ontario government expanding private for-profit health care, when this will pull health workers away from the public system...and make understaffing even worse?

[Birgit Umaigba-Omoruyi @birgitomo]

Pay attention Ontarians - Doug Ford is using taxpayers' money to fight nurses in court while planning to privatize surgeries. Things are going according to his plan; starve public healthcare, make it look dysfunctional, and then bring in privatized healthcare.

We must stop him!

[Keke Palmer @KekePalmer]

Sometimes you say nothing, not because you have nothing to say, but because you know the people you are saying it to won’t receive it.