Again, Canadians: if you hear someone opining on the merits of privatized healthcare you need to set those fools straight. The Conservatives are playing a strong propaganda game.
“Debunking Every Myth You Hear Against Universal Healthcare”
H/t @QasimRashid
https://www.qasimrashid.com/p/debunking-every-myth-you-hear-against
The 
#Pharmacare bill, by Federal Liberal government and federal NDP, passed in the Senate without any amendments. It will inform the creation of any future national, universal pharmacare plan!
CPC Conservative party attempted to vote it down
#CanadaPharmacareAct #CdnHealthcare 
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/pharmacare-bill-passes-senate-1.7349433
"Let's be clear: Poilievre wants to win an election because he wants to cut health care, your pension + EI in order to give more to big corporations. He wants to ensure pharmacare cannot make it to implementation this Fall. We fundamentally disagree w/his plans to cut” ~ Peter Julian, MP
"The party believes "in the Canadian value of taking care of our neighbours"
#cdnpoli #transparency #CdnHealthcare #values
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/poilievre-confidence-deal-ndp-singh-1.7307944
Virologists once said most pandemics only last 5 years, this is unfortunately only true because corrupt public health officials autocratically deem it over while everyone is still sick and dying.
A well-covered piece on state of #CdnHealthcare w/ multifaceted issues by @laurenpelley
Emergency Rooms now beyond over-capacity = dangerous "choke points"
Respiratory viruses -- flu, RSV, and now Covid19 -- increase seasonally, but ER visits *doubled* this year into 2024
Domino effect: Huge wait times for rehab, long-term care, palliative care, etc.
Issue compounded by lack of access to primary care -- decades-long issue
Need preventative care + system overhaul
https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/second-opinion-overcapacity-er-crisis-1.7080946
Canada’s Parliamentary Budget Office 
“report finds that a single-payer universal drug plan would lead to economy-wide **savings**, despite its prediction that the use of prescription drugs would rise by 13.5 per cent.” #CdnHealthcare #cdnpoli #bcpoli #Vancouver
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/pharmacare-pbo-report-1.6993741
only 22%? That could have long-term implications in light of the scientific research re impact on an individual's health. Also on #Cdnhealthcare if the percentage of the population is negatively impacted over years to come.
What's the economic cost of #wildfires smoke? Examples:
* est. #Cdnhealthcare cost for one province alone = CAD$1.28 Billion (June 4-8, 2023)
* est. average earnings decrease per year in U.S. economy = $125 Billion
https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/what-on-earth-wildfire-smoke-economic-cost-1.6905815
Massive surge in hospitalizations of babies and young kids due to COVID recorded in 2nd year of pandemic
"In the second year of the pandemic, hospitalizations due to COVID-19 skyrocketed more than 600 per cent among children aged 0-4 compared to the previous year, according to new data from the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI)."
As surgical wait lists grow, Canada's private clinics cash in
Surgeries scheduled within weeks with price tags over $20K prompt concerns over 2-tiered health care
https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/private-surgery-hip-knee-replacement-1.6741461
