NDP Leader Andrea Horwath is calling on Doug Ford to come clean about his government\u2019s health care plan \u2014 specifically, about how it will impact patient care such as home care services and cancer treatment.<\/p>\n
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According to internal government documents obtained and released by the NDP on Monday, the plan Ford is cooking up behind closed doors comes with risks.\u00a0 Ford\u2019s documents list \u201cservice disruption\u201d and \u201clabour relations and potential labour disruption,\u201d particularly with regard to nurses, as immediate risks.<\/p>\n
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\u201cFor days, the Ford government has denied that this plot exists,\u201d said Horwath. \u201cBut documents point to a done deal, with legislation drafted and cabinet approvals in place. At this point, people have questions about how their families will be impacted, and they deserve answers.<\/p>\n
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\u201cHow is patient care going to change? What kind of disruptions to care are families in for? And what experts has the Ford government consulted about patient impact?\u201d<\/p>\n
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A draft of legislation and internal government documents obtained by the NDP show that the government has been planning to outsource critical services like long-term care inspections, health licensing and Ornge air ambulance, and create 30 to 50 new MyCare Groups through \u201cExpression of Interest\u201d bids to deliver health care without a requirement to keep it public and not-for-profit. Instead of having the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care manage service delivery, Ford\u2019s plan creates a new Super Agency that will be able to contract out service delivery through MyCare Groups to for-profit, private companies. According to a publicly-available incorporation document, the Super Agency \u2014 Health Program Initiatives \u2014 has already been incorporated. CTV News has also obtained copies of an order-in-council establishing the corporation, although the government has not made those OICs available on the public website where orders are normally posted.<\/p>\n
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\u201cFord and his government have been doing all this behind closed doors, in secret \u2014 which means he knows Ontario families won\u2019t like his plan,\u201d said Horwath. It\u2019s time the Conservatives quit trying to cover up its scheme to privatize crucial segments of our health care system. It\u2019s time the Ford government stop with the denials, spin and tall tales, and just come clean,\u201d Horwath said.<\/p>\n
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Horwath has called on the Ford government to release immediately:<\/p>\n
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\u201cThe legislation and documents we\u2019ve seen clearly show that the door is being opened to unprecedented levels of privatization \u2014 private corporations getting access to Ontario\u2019s public health care dollars. I think that\u2019s a deal-breaker for Ontario families,\u201d Horwath said.<\/p>\n
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\u201cI believe public, non-profit Canadian medicare is the way we\u2019re going to fix Ontario\u2019s health care \u2014 chipping it apart will only make things worse for people. And, I believe Ontario people deserve to have a say in their health care system. This back-room secret overhaul of our health care system is wrong, and it\u2019s time that Ford came clean.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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