Health Minister Sylvia Jones and Long-Term Care Minister Paul Calandra unveiled a suite of changes that may not appease critics who fear increased privatization.
Ontario Health Minister Sylvia Jones's plan to stabilize the health-care system includes increasing surgeries performed at private clinics but covered by OHIP, covering the exam and registration fees for internationally trained nurses, and sending patients waiting for a long-term care bed to a home not of their choosing.
Three private long-term care companies, including one with among the highest death rates during the pandemic, are slated to build the bulk of new and upgraded long-term care beds in Ottawa.