Ask for bold leadership on the public health care solutions we need
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Paov,
Yesterday, at our Sticking Up for Public Health Care Townhall, we heard from Dr. Saad Ahmed from Canadian Doctors for Medicare. Saad shared his concerns about the Canadian Medical Association's (CMA) leading role in a national consultation regarding the "right mix" of public-private heatlh care. Here's what he said:
The Canadian Medical Association purports to be the national voice of physicians across Canada, and with that in mind they’ve been holding a national town hall series on the right mix of public and private delivery of health care services. I can tell you that as Canadian Doctors for Medicare we have worked very hard to make it clear to the CMA that the so-called ‘bold’ reimagining of Medicare must lay in and through the public system and not in vain attempts at privatization. The framing of the CMA townhalls itself is mistaken, and is trying to, I think, normalize a role for profit-driven, private services in our health care system.
Paov, will you take a moment to send a message to the CMA and ask them choose leadership that is rooted evidence and imagines... the public health care system this country needs?
Click here to send a messageAs part of this consultation process, the CMA is sponsoring a cross-country free town hall series hosted by The Globe and Mail. These free public events have so far failed to adequately present evidence on the risks of for-profit private delivery, even conveniently ignoring the multiple case studies of failed privatization in various provinces. Instead, these events have been focused on “new players” (read: for-profit companies) in the health care landscape, giving a platform to CEO’s of for-profit companies to self-promote.
Contact CMA President Dr. Kathleen Ross, CMA Chief Executive Officer Tim Smith, and the CMA Board to share your concerns about these consultations on privatization and why you're sticking up public health care.
A template letter is provided, but we encourage you to add your own story or feedback to the letter. Individual, personalized messages are more powerful.
Click here to send a messageLet the CMA leadership know you expect bold leadership that doesn't get distracted by for-profit stop-gap solutions. Take a moment to ask them to lead this country in evidence-based public solutions.
In solidarity,
Audrey Guay (she/her)
Organizer, BC Health Coalition
https://www.bchealthcoalition.ca/
British Columbia Health Coalition · 3102 Main St, 302,
Vancouver, Unceded Coast Salish Territories, BC V5T 3G7, Canada
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