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REAL HEALTH CARE AGENDA REVEALED

After gaining a majority of seats in Queen's Park with less than 50 per cent of the vote cast, Doug Ford and the PCs have finally revealed another one of their hidden goals: allow more private, for-profit medical services to compete with existing publicly funded facilities.

After they slapped nurses and other health care providers in the face with Bill 124 which limited their pay and benefits, after COVID put such unbelievable strain on those who were responsible for providing the vital care to those who needed it, many of these heroes, angry and exhausted, retired or left for other positions.

Now Ford and his minions have the gall to act surprised that their actions resulted in staff shortages, unthinkable wait times, and many doctors refusing to work in chaotic hospital conditions.

I wonder how many people now employed in the public health system will, when lured by better pay and conditions, leave the public system to work in private for-profit clinics.

There are already too many services provided which require a co-payment by the patient.

Previous governments that tried to gut public health care were sent packing. The same fate awaits Ford and his accomplices. RICHARD MURRI NIAGARA FALLS

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