Week One:

Everyone in #bced schools is already sick with what appears to be one of the most infectious #covid variants to date, but you won’t hear anyone talking about it.

There will be no independent inquiry or exposé on how the #bcndp govt embraced this virus; gave up on expensive tracking, containment or any sort of layered protection. How this govt chose (for all of us) to accept constant societal sickness as our new norm.

The #teamaccess #bcmedia won’t inform you on how this #bcndp used #bced teachers like Guinea pigs in their own private clinical trial while #bonniehenry continued to openly lie about unchecked airborne transmission in #bced schools.

They won’t remind you how our #bcndp govt was caught hiding casualties in children with no negative press or pressure from #msm.

In our new #GBD reality, there will be no #memorial to the thousands who have perished under #Capitalism and it’s #LetErRip #Eugenic policies while this #bcndp continue to clutch their majority power.

There will be no mention of the thousands of deaths to come under this #bcndp due to politically corrupted #bcpublichealth leadership and zero accountability by friendly press.

This #bcndp govt, #bonniehenry and #adriandix will only ever work to hide, minimize and ignore the fallout from their cowardly #GreatBarrington surrender to #covid19bc.

They will only ever continue to hide the truth, continue to lie, continue to virtue signal and ultimately profit off our shared loss of community, loss of connection and loss of hope in humanity itself.

They will continue to ignore science and discriminate against our #vulnerable, constantly pushing a delusional post covid society like a desperate OxyContin doctor, all while silently sacrificing the last of us with no questions asked.

Soon they will begin their campaign for re-election, bragging about the death money they saved by giving up and accomplishing all these horrible feats in gilded secrecy.

They will try to convince us that they always cared, but we all now know “be kind and calm” was just another carefully scripted govt #PR lie.

Don’t fall for the pricey virtue signalling. Don’t consume the endless #bcndp propaganda, it’s only convincing because deception is their sole skill.

The hard truth is that these asinine “leaders” must be exiled for us to move forward. To heal we must first address the rampant virus that is our #bcgovt.

We need to work together to vote this #corrupt, #ableist #insufferable group of padded pocket politicians out! Our lives literally depend on it.

/end rant

#COVIDisAirborne
#CovidIsNotOver #NewDeathParty #NoDataParty #MakeSchoolsSafe #masks4healthcare
#CDNhealth #CDNPoli

“This is not an act of charity; it is a stunt designed to perpetuate four lies about national pharmacare ahead of related legislation due this fall.”

#cdnhealth #cdnpoli #BetterMedicare

https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/97-per-cent-of-canadians-have-drug-coverage-and-other-lies-drug-manufactures-are-pushing/article_e3b7881f-9a01-59a5-baa7-1b989f7447dc.html

New Quebec data shows yet again, that for-profit investor-owned care is not the answer.

https://toronto.citynews.ca/2023/05/01/for-profit-clinics-charging-significantly-surgeries/ #cdnhealth #cdnpoli #BetterMedicare

Whenever health care is in the news, we inevitably hear about “privatization”. But what does that term really mean in the context of health care in Canada?

Find out tommorow evening, as part of @CdnDrsforMedicare's 2023 #BetterMedicare webinar series.

Register here! us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist #cdnhealth #cdnpoli

"it's not cheaper and it's not faster...It's a zombie idea"

https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/quebec-surgery-data-private-vs-public-1.6821908 #cdnhealth #cdnpoli

Whenever health care is in the news, we inevitably hear about “privatization”. But what does that term really mean in the context of health care in Canada?

Find out April 27th as part of @CdnDrsforMedicare's 2023 #BetterMedicare webinar series.

https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_fasRafYISEaOmcZVO7-lnQ#/registration #cdnhealth #cdnpoli

McMaster University -
Analysis: Ageism and the pandemic: How Canada continues to let older adults suffer and die from COVID-19

"Three years into this pandemic, most Canadians have taken off their masks and many have stopped getting booster shots. However, COVID-19 is rising among the leading causes of death in Canada, reaching the No. 3 spot."

"Older adults account for most of those deaths, and we are letting it happen."

https://brighterworld.mcmaster.ca/articles/covid19-ageism-canada-pandemic/

#COVID #COVID19 #CDNhealth

What is medical upselling? I broke down how it works, and when it becomes problematic.

With Shaye Ganam, on his on Corus radio show in Edmonton+Calgary: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7pLGJFoIudBreX8RedfXBD

#cdnhealth #cdnpoli

RT @CdnDrs4Medicare
The Supreme Court of Canada will release its decision on the leave application in the #Cambie case tomorrow morning at 9:45 EDT. CDM will respond and representatives will be available to speak to media. #cdnpoli #cdnhealth https://twitter.com/SCC_eng/status/1642866160507953153

Delay, dilution & capitulation? Whats going on with drug prices in Canada?

Ahead of today's federal budget, I spoke to the unfolding scandal at the Patented Medicine Price Review Board, the quasi-judicial federal agency that regulates how much drugs cost in Canada.

https://thebigstorypodcast.ca/2023/03/28/canadians-were-promised-universal-pharmacare-what-happened/

#cdnhealth #cdnpoli #pharmacare

What is up-selling & what do patients need to know?

I spoke with CBC's The National to break it down.

https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2187067459940

#cdnhealth #cdnpoli #onhealth #onpoli

You can help stop these health care cuts for some of the most marginalized residents of Ontario, here:

https://sites.google.com/view/healthcare4allcoalition/keep-uninsured-people-covered?authuser=0

This **Thursday March 30th**, 11am, there will also be emergency rally at Queen’s Park, Toronto.

If you're in a position to support, please consider signing the petition, and/or attending the rally.

#cdnhealth #cdnpoli #onhealth #onpoli

More here, with some welcome leadership via the OMA.

https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2023/03/25/ontario-doctors-blast-province-for-ending-health-care-for-uninsured-residents.html

#cdnhealth #cdnpoli #onhealth #onpoli

The Ontario government dropped this bombshell in the dying hours of last Friday. Very concerning.

#cdnhealth #cdnpoli #onhealth #onpoli

Prescription drugs are becoming increasingly unaffordable for individual Canadians, health systems & employers alike.

This was a courageous move from Matthew Herder. It is a silver lining that the scandal at the PMPRB continues to get media coverage, which may drive change yet.

#cdnhealth #cdnpoli

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-drug-price-regulator-health-minister/

I love talking health policy with med students, and this recording was no exception.

#Pharmacare #cdnhealth #cdnpoli #BetterMedicare

https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/navigating-access-to-prescription-medications/id1582718672?i=1000604227624

After years of progress, Minister Duclos has put fair drug prices, and by extension #pharmacare, in peril.

For the Globe & Mail, Former Health Minister Jane Philpott & I break it down:

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-canada-is-failing-to-meet-the-moment-on-the-cost-of-medication/

#cdnhealth #cdnpoli #BetterMedicare

A little piece of the backstory, behind BC’s recent announcement for universal coverage of contraception!

Next stop, universal #pharmacare?

https://vancouversun.com/health/local-health/the-grassroots-movement-that-made-contraception-free-in-bc #cdnhealth #cdnpoli #BetterMedicare

While foreign interference has overtaken Canadian headlines, this story on corporate interference can not be forgotten.

If Big Pharma carries the day here, what's in store for pharmacare?

#cdnhealth #cdnpoli

https://breachmedia.ca/after-pharma-lobbying-minister-intervened-to-suspend-drug-price-reform/

Surprise, raw numbers only tell part of the story.

"Although the unadjusted physician-to-population ratio in 2019 was 35% higher than it was in 1987, we found that full adjustment showed the ratio to be about 4% lower...

...relying on simple trends in physicians-per-capita ratios for workforce planning is not helpful."

https://www.cmaj.ca/content/195/9/E335 #cdnhealth