Doug Ford’s Conservative Ontario Government is Hellbent on Privatizing the Province’s Hospitals
Ontario sits directly north of the US, giving it an unimpeded view of just how disastrous American health care is. But Doug Ford’s government is ignoring this warning and pushing through for-profit privatization schemes in the province’s hospitals.
Ontario premier Doug Ford attends the Remembrance Day service at Queens Park, Ontario, November 11, 2022. (R. J. Johnston / Toronto Star via Getty Images)
Ontario premier Ford wants for-profit surgical clinics — but that is just one area where his government is privatizing hospitals. Unfortunately, there is so much more.
The privatized American health care disaster is on full display right on our doorstep. According to the US government, 31.6 million Americans have no health insurance whatsoever, including 3.7 million children. Many millions more have inadequate health insurance.
A recent survey indicates that in 2022, 43 percent of working-age adults were inadequately insured. Twenty-nine percent of people with employer coverage and 44 percent of those with individual coverage were underinsured. 46 percent of respondents said they had skipped or delayed care because of the cost, and 42 percent said they had problems paying medical bills or were paying off medical debt. Medical bills hit African Americans and Latinos/Hispanics especially hard.
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