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The Ford government is starving local public hospitals to privatize them, charge health advocates
www.globenewswire.com MEDIA RELEASE: The Ford government is starving local public hospitals to privatize them, charge health advocates

TORONTO, Feb. 21, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A new report, Robbing from the public to build the private: The Ford government’s hospital privatization...

MEDIA RELEASE: The Ford government is starving local public hospitals to privatize them, charge health advocates

In addition, the Coalition reports the Ford government has:

  • Imposed real dollar cuts on public hospitals, pushing them into service closures and deficits, while funding for-profit hospitals and clinics with increases up to and over 300%. Ontario funds its public hospitals at the lowest rate of all provinces.
  • Funded private for-profit hospitals at double the rate per surgery than it funds public hospitals.
  • Funded private for-profit ophthalmology clinics across Ontario at 21% - 56% more for each cataract surgery.
  • Refused to take action on the for-profit staffing agencies that are charging up to three times more than public hospitals for staff, having escalated their prices by more than 70% since Ford took office, while imposing wage caps and real dollar cuts on staff in public hospitals.
  • Chronically underspent the health care budget, shunting billions to contingency fund and budget surplus, while leaving hospitals in unprecedented crisis.

“Hundreds of millions of dollars in public money is being used to dismantle and privatize our public hospitals, robbing the public to build the private,” said Natalie Mehra, executive director of the Ontario Health Coalition.

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The DOJ alleges Cummins Inc. installed hundreds of thousands of devices that can bypass emissions sensors on 630,000 RAM pickup truck engines.

Cummins pickup truck engines systematically tricked air pollution controls, feds say
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www.usatoday.com Cummins pickup truck engines systematically tricked air pollution controls, feds say

The DOJ alleges Cummins Inc. installed hundreds of thousands of devices that can bypass emissions sensors on 630,000 RAM pickup truck engines.

Cummins pickup truck engines systematically tricked air pollution controls, feds say
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