The Human Cost of Privatizing Health Care

The push to privatize the healthcare system continues to affect Ontarians across this province. In this episode, the CUPE Co-hosts chat about how privatizing health has negative implications for the patient and the worker. The co-host also sits down with Unifor member Tiffany, who shares her story about fertility and her experience navigating the private healthcare system.  Brittany also says her goodbyes and signs off from CUPE Cast one last time.  Warning: The content discussed in this episode may be triggering for some - especially those who struggle with fertility.   Show notes 21:42 - Interview with Tiffany 58:32 - Closing  CUPE | 79% of CUPE hospital workers not confident about Ford government’s health sector planhttps://cupe.ca/79-cupe-hospital-workers-not-confident-about-ford-governments-health-sector-plan   CUPE Cast | From Reconciliation to ReconciliACTIONhttps://open.spotify.com/episode/5uLbQ7kwKCthq8hteOujnU?si=d604b5a669664d19  CUPE Ontario | “I loved going to work when I first started. Now I dread it:” new study warns that Ontario’s hospital staffing crisis will worsen as morale plummetshttps://cupe.on.ca/i-loved-going-to-work-when-i-first-started-now-i-dread-it-new-study-warns-that-ontarios-hospital-staffing-crisis-will-worsen-as-morale-plummets/ Ontario Council of Hospital Unions | No Respite Ontarios Failure to Plan for Hospital Patients Report (PDF)https://ochu.on.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/No-Respite_Ontarios-Failure-to-Plan-for-Hospital-Patients_FInal.pdf  Ontario Council of Hospital Unions | No Respite Ontarios Failure to Plan for Hospital Patients Infographic (PDF)https://ochu-my.sharepoint.com/personal/admin_ochu_on_ca/_layouts/15/onedrive.aspx?id=%2Fpersonal%2Fadmin%5Fochu%5Fon%5Fca%2FDocuments%2FAttachments%2FNO%20RESPITE%20ONTARIO%E2%80%99S%20FAILURE%20TO%20PLAN%20FOR%20HOSPITAL%2Epdf&parent=%2Fpersonal%2Fadmin%5Fochu%5Fon%5Fca%2FDocuments%2FAttachments&ga=1  Ontario Health Coalition: MYTH BUSTER: 10 big myths about health care privatization (PDF)https://cupe.on.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/final-top-10-myth-buster.pdf  TVO | Ontario’s health-care system is in crisis. More privatization isn’t the answerhttps://www.tvo.org/article/ontarios-health-care-system-is-in-crisis-more-privatization-isnt-the-answer  Seniors for Climatehttps://seniorsforclimate.org/