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Writing what you know: blogger vents about issues in family medicine
FP Dr. Sohail Gandhi’s writing serves as the voice of advocacy for change with the CFPC.
Ontario drug funding decision leaves cancer patients disappointed, with few options
For Ontarians with rare forms of cancer, drug treatments will now only be funded out of country if they are already funded within the province but access is temporarily unavailable or delayed, a set of circumstances some patients see as impossibly narrow.

Alberta votes to stay in Canada, but ‘yes’ votes lead in healthcare and immigration referendum questions

Uncertainty looms over how physicians will be impacted if the Alberta government imposes restrictions on healthcare access for those with a ‘non-permanent immigration status.’
AI and money: How tech could upend the doctor income relativity divide

Thinking about pay equity and AI, I went to the source and asked ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini what impact AI will have on the future of payments for different specialties.
Will the Alberta referendum force doctors to gatekeep care based on immigration status?

The Alberta Medical Association is seeking clarity on how physicians would be affected in the event that the questions on healthcare and immigration pass.
The blurry line of medical activism

An incident at an OMA conference highlights the complex ethical and professional challenges physicians face when expressing political views.
Canada extends $1.2B in funding for mental health and home care as health ministers meet in Winnipeg

Provincial health ministers had said they were worried about ‘profound and negative’ effects on patients and healthcare jobs if the federal funding agreements weren't renewed in this year's budget.
Showdown at the CFPC: Competing visions for the future of family medicine

Six member-proposed amendments and five board alternatives will test member confidence at the Oct. 28 annual meeting.
Canada recruits internationally educated health professionals. Credential recognition is only part of the challenge

The federal government and the provinces and territories should better align immigration selection with health workforce planning and professional regulation.
OMA abandons historic Charter challenge

With a Binding Arbitration Framework in place, the medical association says the costly legal battle over 2014 fee cuts is no longer necessary.
More than half of doctors surveyed would leave an independent Alberta: medical association

The AMA said if Albertans choose to separate, not only would the medical workforce shrink, but health care in an independent Alberta would be left in limbo.
Eby slams U.S.-style healthcare privatization, Conservatives claim ‘fearmongering’

Eby has signed what his party calls its ‘public healthcare guarantee’ which promises to protect the system from changes that would charge patients for necessary care, let people pay to jump the queue or pull staff from public healthcare.

Writing what you know: blogger vents about issues in family medicine

Ontario drug funding decision leaves cancer patients disappointed, with few options

Alberta votes to stay in Canada, but ‘yes’ votes lead in healthcare and immigration referendum questions

AI and money: How tech could upend the doctor income relativity divide

Will the Alberta referendum force doctors to gatekeep care based on immigration status?

The blurry line of medical activism

Canada extends $1.2B in funding for mental health and home care as health ministers meet in Winnipeg

Showdown at the CFPC: Competing visions for the future of family medicine

Canada recruits internationally educated health professionals. Credential recognition is only part of the challenge

OMA abandons historic Charter challenge

More than half of doctors surveyed would leave an independent Alberta: medical association

Eby slams U.S.-style healthcare privatization, Conservatives claim ‘fearmongering’