NDP health critic from Nickel Belt said she wants transparency for public health dollars being spent on for-profit and investor-led health clinics<\/p>\n
Nickel Belt MPP France G\u00e9linas, the official opposition critic for health care, has re-introduced a private members\u2019 bill that is designed to increase transparency in the health sector by having more accountability on health spending projects.<\/p>\n
G\u00e9linas said one of the key reasons for the bill is to track the amount of public funding directed to for-profit and investor-led health clinics in Ontario.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Auditor General report makes it clear; we need more transparency and accountability in health care spending,\u201d said G\u00e9linas.<\/p>\n
\u201cWith the Ford Conservative government pouring public health dollars into for-profit, investor-led clinics; it\u2019s very important that Ontario implement oversight provisions to protect those public dollars.\u201d<\/p>\n
She added that the province needs to be able to account for overspending problems that occurred in years past when millions of taxpayer dollars were spent without appropriate accountability.<\/p>\n
“This bill will protect patients from illegal fees. We saw how much money could be pilfered during the ORNGE Air ambulance fiasco<\/a>,\u201d G\u00e9linas said in a news release.<\/p>\n