Attn: Assignment Editor
TORONTO, Feb. 27, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Leda Raptis from Kingston was charged $2,000 for an MRI at a private clinic. She needed the MRI for open heart surgery. When she looked at the bill, the clinic said the charge was for “contrast”. Either way, the two thousand dollar charge is illegal in Ontario and in Canada.
Leda was joined in a press conference this morning at the Ontario Legislature by Chris from Sarnia, who was charged $2,000 when she went to a private for-profit clinic for cataract surgery and then another $1,800 for a follow up surgery. Cathy from Niagara was charged $100 for a medically necessary liver scan at a private for-profit clinic. Judy Wolanski’s husband, from Sarnia, was turned down for hernia surgery from the private for-profit Shouldice Hospital because he had COPD and they told him to go to a facility better suited to deal with a potential medical emergency. He had his surgery as a day surgery in a public hospital without complications and with no extra charges.
These four patients joined advocates from the Ontario Health Coalition to call out the Ford government’s claim that their plan to privatize Ontario’s public hospitals’ core services – surgeries and diagnostics – would not result in extra user charges for patients.
“Doug Ford’s claims are patently untrue. They have been in government for five years and have never used their existing powers to crack down on private clinics extra-billing patients, manipulating them...
A post claiming to list all the actions taken by the Home Minister in Kashmir in the last 10 days is going viral on social media. The posts list out 18 points, which include claims regarding citiz...