The PM's comments amid growing concern about health-care companies finding creative ways around the constraints of the law
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It comes as some provinces, including Ontario, have been pushing for a bigger role for private providers in their health-care systems. In Ontario, there are also growing concerns about companies that have found ways around the law to bill patients for medically necessary care including by using health-care workers located outside of the province where the patient lives, either for virtual care or surgeries performed out of province.
"Canada has an extraordinarily strong Canada Health Act that ensures that Canadians have access to the public, universal health care system," said Trudeau, standing alongside Ontario Premier Doug Ford at a media event on Monday. Asked the same question, Ford said his government will continue to work on creative ways to deliver health care more efficiently in the province and offered a reassurance he's given the public many times: "I've always said you'll be paying with your OHIP card, not your credit card."
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