Toronto Star- Alberta’s auditor general granted extra $1M for health procurement probe
Alberta’s auditor general has been granted his request for nearly $1 million in extra funding to continue digging into allegations of corruption in private health-care contracts. Auditor general Doug Wylie says the investigation has demanded his office hire additional help.
Telegraph- NHS ‘to rely on migrants’ as Government cuts British nurse training
Ministers have quietly frozen grants that are paid to universities to help them cover the higher costs of training medical workers. Critics reacted by warning that the move, which represents a real-terms cut, would “worsen an already difficult situation” in the sector and “leave us more reliant” on imported labour.
National Post- A disabled man’s fight for life in an age of MAiD
If euthanasia is considered a right, then so too should self-directed home care
Carl Heneghan and Tom Jefferson- NHS Waiting Lists
Watch out for the dead cat.
Whether the medical system is American or Canadian, there are all sorts of medical procedures whose costs are not currently borne by the state. As is typical these days, there’s never any mention of ways in which free markets could lower these costs. Instead, the implied solution is that the magical entity known as “others” should simply assume all of the burden. In other words, let’s deal with the problems of a mostly Sovietized system by fully Sovietizing the same system. What could possibly go wrong?
A growing number of retirees, like Morton, are grappling with healthcare debt due to medical bills. Medicare, which provides health insurance coverage to more than 66 million people, covers the lion’s share of the cost of medical care, but not all.
On average, a 65-year-old who left the workforce last year may need $165,000 in savings to cover out-of-pocket healthcare expenses throughout retirement.
Never interrupt the NDP when they’re making a mistake.
Toto, I have a feeling we’re not in Mouseland * anymore.
So let’s talk about the sad spectacle that just unfolded in Ottawa today, where interim NDP leader Don Davies—yes, Don Davies, a name you probably haven’t heard since Jagmeet Singh’s socialist train wreck finally derailed—stood in front of the Canadian press and tried to convince the country that the New Democratic Party still matters. Spoiler alert: they don’t.
This was not a press conference. It was a whimpering plea from a party that got obliterated at the ballot box, reduced to just seven seats. That’s right—seven. You could fit the entire NDP caucus into a single minivan and still have room for snacks. And yet, here’s Davies babbling about how the NDP is somehow going to hold the “balance of power” in Parliament. Delusional doesn’t even begin to cover it.
A Carla Beck post goes horribly wrong.
The “not for profit” model is working perfectly.
Express- Wes Streeting faces backlash amid six-figure ‘gold-plated and unfunded’ NHS pensions
More than 3,000 former NHS workers are now getting paid in excess of £100,000 annually, which is ten times more than a decade ago.
Carney announced this morning on social media that his government will be expanding government subsidized dental care dramatically. This is exactly how Medicare got started, with the state footing the bill for some expenses and insurance which gradually morphed into a complete prohibition on any private payments. How long will it be before cash strapped governments throttle payments to dentists, resulting in people being unable to find a dentist at all? Probably not that long.
Globe and Mail- Manitoba health official asked why he wasn’t told sooner of death in Winnipeg ER, internal e-mails show
Scott Sinclair, second to Health Minister Uzoma Asagwara, said in internal e-mails that he learned of the death of 49-year-old Chad Christopher Giffin hours after it occurred and had been reported in the media. Mr. Giffin, who was triaged as not urgent and waited eight hours for care, died on Jan. 7 at the Health Sciences Centre, Manitoba’s largest hospital.
National Post- Accused Filipino festival killer was under supervision of mental health team, says ministry
The statement from British Columbia’s Ministry of Health says Adam Kai-Ji Lo was being followed closely under the Mental Health Act, and there was “no indication of violence” in his presentation to the health team.
Interim Vancouver Police Chief Steve Rai said the morning after the attack that the suspect had a “significant history of interactions with police and health-care professionals related to mental health.”
Again. Pretty please. With sugar on top.
Globe and Mail- Measles is spreading quickly in Canada. Where is the public-health response?
Ontario’s total reached 1,020 measles cases last week, almost 100 more than the previous week. Alberta reported 137 cases, up from 105. That seems to be the sum total of the public-health response: counting new cases.
Tommy Douglas, finally buried: Facing a possible collapse of the NDP, Jagmeet Singh insists he has no regrets.
National Post- Inside Canada’s shockingly violent hospitals
Who or what is to blame? There are many factors. An increasingly hostile and toxic world. A distressed, overcrowded and understaffed medical system that’s led to dangerous waits for care and boiling frustrations. Violent patient behaviours driven by drugs, psychosis and dementia. And inconsistent or inadequate security in hospitals, with no real accountability for the laxity.
Sun- Debbie’s Law warns surgery patients when wait-time exceeds guidelines
In simple terms, health authorities would be required to tell patients when they will not get treatment within the guidelines for their condition. It’s just a few keystrokes on a computer, and maybe a text to a cellphone, to make patients aware.
Colleen also believes that “at the very least, our health care regions should track details on waiting lists relentlessly,” including those who die while on the lists.
In Manitoba, no such data is collected. Neither the former PC government or current NDP administration have a good excuse why it hasn’t been, except to suppress public outrage.
Best healthcare system in the world.
Michael Campbell’s Money Talks- Shocking Stat of The Week