Press Releases
Ontarians Deserve Pharmacare: Canadian Doctors for Medicare and Ontario MPP Health Care Leaders Urge Premier Ford and Minister Jones to Sign Pharmacare Agreement
December 03, 2025
Ontarians Deserve Pharmacare: CDM and Ontario MPP Health Care Leaders Urge Premier Ford and Minister Jones to Sign Pharmacare Agreement December 3, 2025 – Canadian Doctors for Medicare, joined by current and former Ontario Members of Provincial Parliament with professional backgrounds in health care,...
Read MoreCanadian Doctors for Medicare Warns Albertans of Premier’s Plan to Undermine Public Health Care
November 19, 2025
Canadian Doctors for Medicare Warns Albertans of Premier’s Plan to Undermine Public Health Care Toronto, November 19, 2025 – Canadian Doctors for Medicare is extremely concerned about Premier Danielle Smith’s plan to enable physicians in Alberta to simultaneously work in both the public and...
Read MoreCanadian Doctors for Medicare Urges Minister Michel and Prime Minister Carney to continue Pharmacare negotiations with the provinces
August 13, 2025
Canadian Doctors for Medicare Urges Minister Michel and Prime Minister Carney to continue Pharmacare negotiations with the provinces
Read MoreCanadian Doctors for Medicare Warns Against Private Equity in Health Care: Calls for Strengthened Public Investment
May 21, 2025
The entry of private equity investment firms into health care systems is likely to worsen patient outcomes and increase costs
Read MoreCanadian Doctors for Medicare Says Canada Health Act Policy Interpretation Letter Falls Short
January 10, 2025
New Canada Health Act interpretation letter makes clear that health care providers cannot charge patients or employee insurance plans for medically necessary services, but is still unsettled on virtual care
Read MoreCanadian Doctors for Medicare, Canadian Health Coalition, and the Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions urge Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to act now to protect Medicare
November 19, 2024
Canadian Doctors for Medicare, Canadian Health Coalition, and the Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions urge Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to act now to protect Medicare. Say no to for-profit health providers and private insurance companies and work with Minister of Health to release long-promised...
Read MoreCanadian Doctors for Medicare Applauds Canadian Medical Association on New Policy Discouraging Private Health Care
July 23, 2024
Toronto, July 23, 2024 – Canadian Doctors for Medicare (CDM) welcomes the Canadian Medical Association (CMA)’s new pro-Medicare position in its proposed update to the 2007 policy document “Managing the Public-Private Interface to Improves Access to Quality Health Care”. In a stark departure from...
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