No one has been fined in Ontario so far under a new law that can require patients to pay a daily $400 penalty if they…
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Over half of Manitoba health-care workers have considered quitting: report
More health-care workers in Manitoba are dealing with burnout and thinking of quitting than elsewhere in Canada, according to a report commissioned by the provincial…
Continue Reading....PER PERSON HEALTH CARE SPENDING REBOUNDED IN 2021, INCREASING BY 15%
Data show a return to pre-2020 trends in medical service use and spending, out-of-pocket spending increased by $100 per person in 2021 WASHINGTON, April 19,…
Continue Reading....Braid: Smith’s health-care guarantee subverts her basic convictions
Article content Premier Danielle Smith needs Albertans to believe she didn’t mean many things she said in the past. Her voluble history is a serious…
Continue Reading....Inflation outpaced by health care costs as top financial worry, Primerica survey shows
Inflation is no longer Americans’ No. 1 concerns. Nowadays, it’s the price of health care that’s making Americans sweat. Health care costs are the top…
Continue Reading....Veritas, Carlyle End Talks Around Cotiviti Stake Sale
(Bloomberg) — Carlyle Group Inc. has ended its effort to buy a stake in health-care technology firm Cotiviti Inc., according to people with knowledge of…
Continue Reading....Energy and health-care stocks dominated this week’s best performers
Investors pivoted into energy stocks and defensive names during a holiday-shortened week as oil prices rallied, and signs of weakness in the labor market cast…
Continue Reading....Here’s how patients want Ontario’s primary health-care system to change
In the ongoing debate over how to improve health care in Canada, there’s a new effort to find solutions by listening to the views of…
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