Hey Ontario...
👉​ "The private healthcare sector is designed to deny care. Its first duty is to its shareholders, not its patients, and every dollar spent on care is a dollar not available for dividends."
- Cory Doctorow

#Onpoli #ontario #dofo #Alberta #abelxn #abpoli
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Hey #Ontario..
New data shows for-profit clinics are charging significantly more for surgeries.

1.Cataract surgery costs an average of $800 at a public hospital but almost $1,200 at a for-profit clinic.

2. Hip and knee replacement costs anywhere from $10,000 to $12,000 at a public hospital but as much as $28,000 at a for-profit clinic.

CityNews contacted Sylvia Jones, Ontario’s Minister of Health, for comment but has not received a response.

#Onpoli #dofo #OHIP
https://toronto.citynews.ca/2023/05/01/for-profit-clinics-charging-significantly-surgeries/

CityNews

@gemelliz Anyone that makes money from other people's suffering or illness is a *very bad person*

@BackFromTheDud

Indeed.
The moniker "surgical profiteers" has been bandied about here in Ontario