In denying the appeal, the Supreme Court of Canada upholds two previous decisions which both found that a duplicative private-pay health care system would increase wait times in the publicly-funded system and cause harm to all who depend on it. #cdnPoli #cdnHealth #Medicare #BetterMedicare #bcPoli #ableg #onPoli https://t.co/mZkyUFCLR8

Health care in Canada is at a crossroads. CDM has launched a national open letter outlining 5 paths for reform that will help alleviate strain on our system & improve the quality of care.
Add your voice and sign today!
https://www.canadiandoctorsformedicare.ca/transform_public_health_care
#cdnpoli #BetterMedicare

Great piece from CDM board member @Thara_J_Kumar@twitter.com out today in @edmontonjournal@twitter.com: "Smith’s health-care reforms could put medicare behind a paywall" https://edmontonjournal.com/opinion/columnists/opinion-smiths-health-care-reforms-could-put-medicare-behind-a-paywall #abpoli #BetterMedicare #cdnhealth

While we have many items on our health care wishlist, better primary care and home care infrastructure certainly top the list. With comments from our Chair @bechardmel@twitter.com #cdnhealth #BetterMedicare
https://globalnews.ca/news/9362955/three-wishes-2023-doctors-canada-hospitals/

Great op-ed by board members Janet Conrad & @DevonMitchell45@twitter.com. Our primary care crisis is not an opportunity for financial profit - and access to a family doctor should not be put behind a paywall. #BetterMedicare #bcpoli
https://vancouversun.com/opinion/op-ed/opinion-b-c-is-right-to-take-on-telus-health-for-putting-family-doctors-behind-a-paywall

What a year 2022 has been! We wanted to take a moment to thank all of our members for their continued support. There has never been a more important time to stand up for public health care and to work together for #BetterMedicare. Here’s a look back at what we did this year. 1/

Happy Chanukah and Merry Christmas from all of us at CDM!

We're thankful to all the frontline providers who are working tirelessly during the holidays, as well as all of the advocates who continue to push for #BetterMedicare!

Great points by Steven Staples, @danyaalraza & others on why more spending without increasing public expenditure won't fix our health care crisis in the short, or long run. #cdnhealth #BetterMedicare
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/health-care-how-we-got-here-fix-broken-cracks-billions-canadian-duclos-1.6691196

"Access to a family physician has been shown to decrease hospitalizations, emergency department use and re-admissions. Patients with continuity of care have better health outcomes, and report better quality of life." #BetterMedicare #cdnhealth
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-dont-blame-family-doctors-for-the-current-health-care-crisis/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

Proponents of private pay health care often claim that countries with multi-payer health care systems (aka private pay + public pay) out-perform Canada , but keep costs low and still cover everybody equitably. Sounds amazing. Is it true? Not quite. A #BetterMedicare /1

Excellent piece on #PrimaryCare by CDM's past chair @danyaalraza: Community health hubs could provide sorely missing primary care. https://policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/december-2022/medicare-coverage-primary-care/ #BetterMedicare

Past Chair @DanyaalRaza@twitter.com speaks to @CityNewsTO@twitter.com on Canada's #primarycare crisis and the potential solutions. #cdnhealth #BetterMedicare
https://toronto.citynews.ca/video/2022/12/02/canadas-family-medicine-crisis/