Ontario health minister defends dropping coverage
The decision to end funding for a program that provides care for patients without health insurance will not be reversed, Ontario’s health minister said Monday as she defended the move that’s come under fire from the province’s doctors.
Hospitals cannot refuse care to a patient who has a life-threatening emergency and there are community-based programs to help those without a health card get primary care, Jones said. The association has said those who are uninsured include people who are homeless, those facing language barriers or mobility issues, many newcomers, migrants and international students.
“The OMA feels the decision to end the program will be detrimental to the livelihood of marginalized Ontarians who often face the greatest barriers in our society,” Zacharias said Monday. She said the program was put in place to help reduce the spread of COVID-19 at a time when movement outside Ontario was restricted due to border closures.“That could be through an emergency department, that can be at over 75 community health care centres that operate in the province of Ontario today, right now, and are funded to ensure that people can get access without an OHIP card,” Jones said.
“This is a devastating cut – cutting this program will cause suffering and might cost people their lives.”The issue of providing care for those without insurance or with lost or expired health cards has been a decades-long problem that the province had seemingly solved with the program, they said.
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