Can Private Clinics and More Doctors Fix Ontario Health Care? | The Rundown

Ontario says expanding the role of private clinics could help patients get care faster. But what does the evidence tell us about the impact of private health care? Andrew Longhurst of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives weighs in. Then, NOSM University president Dr. Michael Green explains why Northern Ontario's unique health-care challenges require training more doctors from the north, for the north. 00:00 Intro 01:03 Are Private Clinics Reducing Wait Times? 04:08 Public Funding for Private Clinics 08:08 Private Clinics vs. Public Hospitals 13:10 Is Ontario Moving Toward Two-Tier Health Care? 17:29 Northern Ontario’s Doctor Shortage 18:35 Training Doctors in the North 21:16 Why Is It Hard to Keep Doctors? 24:01 Does Queen’s Park Understand Northern Ontario? 25:04 Recruiting and Retaining Northern Doctors 📺 Watch The Rundown on TVO and stream on TVO Today. Full episodes -    • The Rundown (Full Episodes)   Clips -    • The Rundown   Follow on social media: Instagram –   / therundowntvo   Facebook-   / therundowntvo   X-   / therundowntvo   Bluesky- https://bsky.app/profile/therundowntv... LinkedIn -   / therundowntvo   Subscribe to TVO Today to watch more content like this:    / @tvotoday   Listen to the podcast: https://www.tvo.org/podcasts/the-rund... Check out the rest of the TVO ecosystem TVO Docs -    / @tvo   TVO Kids -    / @tvokids   TVO Learn -    / @tvolearn   Download the TVO Today App Apple - https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/tvo-tod... Available on: Roku, Apple TV, Android TV, Samsung, LG, Amazon Fire TV Enjoying this content and want to make a meaningful impact? Consider donating today! https://support.tvo.org/site/Donation...