Is Premier Doug Ford about to open the door wide for more and more private health care in Ontario? Doug Ford, left, shakes hands with Humber River Hospital CEO Reuben Devlin as Ford and his mother Diane Ford present a Rob Ford bobblehead doll and a $90,000 donation to the hospital in 2014. They argue that private clinics providing diagnostic testing and minor surgeries operate more efficiently and are less costly than publicly funded hospitals. Since his election, Ford has turned to private health-care advocates for key advice. In the coming months, private health-care advocates will be touting their virtues and ignoring their flaws when they make their case with Ford for more clinics and even hospitals.

Source: thestar September 26, 2018 19:30 UTC