Trillium Talk: The rise of private-pay health clinics

Trillium Talk - A weekly briefing from the Ontario Legislature from the team at The Trillium

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Joining us today is reporter Jack Hauen, part of The Trillium team of journalists recently nominated for a National Newspaper Award for their in-depth reporting on the influence of land developers in Ontario politics.
Hauen has been doing a lot of digging lately on another important issue: the rise of pay-for-access "executive health" clinics in Ontario. He explains the loopholes that allow these clinics — and others operated by nurse practitioners — to charge patients for the privilege of seeing a health care provider.

Also on the agenda this week: Why PC fundraising is way down. (Spoiler alert: Doug Ford's party cancelled its annual leader's dinner after all the negative fallout from the Greenbelt scandal.)
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