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Medical Reform Group of Ontario
Media Releases 1979 - 1995

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Privatizing Health Care: No Debate Needed (July 5, 1995)
Ontario Should Consider B.C.’s cost-saving drug plan (July 5, 1995)
Ontario Medical Association’s advocacy of privatization betrays Ontario (June 12, 1995)
Ontario Medical Association’s “Social Contract Days” Penalize Patients (April 5, 1995)
Cuts in public health budget are short-sighted and counter-productive (April 3, 1995)
Will the Liberal Government betray Medicare? (March 6, 1995)
OMA Suspending Negotiations with the Government: Good Riddance, says Medical Reform Group (March 5, 1995)
Warning: This Budget is Dangerous to Your Health (March 1, 1995)
Family Physicians Group Encourages Unethical Behaviour in its Members (January 16, 1995)
Maintaining the Principle of Universal Access to Health Care (January 15, 1995)
Social Contract Clawback Magnifies Fee-for-Service Distortions (December 18, 1994)
Doctors’ Group Supports Nurse Practitioners (December 13, 1994)
Private health facilities for the well-off violate the principles of the Canada Health Act (December 13, 1994)
Subscribe to Medical Reform (September 1994)
User Fees Hurt Sick (August 19, 1994)
Medical Reform Group of Ontario Condemns OMA Council’s Betrayal of Membership (July 7,1994)
MRG critical of proposed delisting (February 1994)
Bill 50: Tinkering with the non-system (November 1993)
Canada’s Single-payer health care scheme a singular success (August 1993)/li>
Pharmaceuticals bill will drive up costs (December 1992)
Cap on high billers is a step in the right direction, Medical Reform Group says (May 24, 1991)
Medical Reform Group Press Release Regarding Provincial Elections (August 29, 1990)
MRG Statement on Free Trade (November, 1988)
Prescribing in Canada (September 1988)
Medical Reform Group urges Peterson to establish abortion clinics (February 12, 1988)
MRG Summary Sheet for OMA Task Force Report on the Allocation of Health Care Resources (1986)
MRG Calls OMA Ad Campaign Misleading (March 25, 1986)
Medical Reform Group Supports Bill 94 (March 1986)
MRG Brief on Bill 94 (March 4, 1986)
Medical Reform Group supports legislation (March 4, 1986)
Medical Reform Group shocked at physician protest (February 24, 1986)
Doctors Condemn Ontario Medical Association for Misleading Patients (February 20, 1986)
MRG decries further OMA protest and urges doctors to negotiate end to extra-billing (January 18, 1986)
MRG Pleased (December 19, 1985)
Ontario Doctors’ Group expects swift end to extra-billing (May 5, 1985)
Doctors’ Group demands clarification from Miller regarding Opting Out (April 30, 1985)
Medical Reform Group Calls for Medically-Insured Free-Standing Abortion Clinics (April 24, 1985)
MRG Brief to Senate Standing Committee (September 1984)
Medical Reform Group of Ontario Press Release (April 4, 1984)
The Canada Health Act: A Brief by the Medical Reform Group of Ontario (February 7, 1984)
Medical Reform Group applauds introduction of Canada Health Act (December 13, 1983)
Open Letter regarding medically-insured free-standing abortion clinics (September, 1983)
Medical Reform Group of Ontario urges strong Canada Health Act (July 25, 1983)
Consolidating the Gains: Do or Die for Ontario’s Health Care System (April 24, 1983)
Resolution on the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario and User Fees (April 23, 1983)
User fees could lead to two-tiered medical system (March 31, 1983)
Medical Reform Group of Ontario position on fee dispute (April 13, 1982)
Letter to the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (August 23, 1980)
Statement to the Toronto Board of Health (June 13, 1980)
MRG Urges End to Opting Out (May 25, 1980)
The Crisis in Health Care: A Brief by the Medical Reform Group of Ontario (April 1, 1980)
Medical Group Urges End to Opting Out (April 1, 1980)
Settling Fee Dispute (1980)
Threatened Physicians Strike (1980)
The OHIP Fee Dispute: The Position of the Medical Reform Group (1980)
Medical Reform Group Letter to Health Minister Dennis Timbrell
Medical Reform Group Letter to Dennis Timbrell
Open Letter to Dennis Timbrell (November 22, 1979)
Opting Out of OHIP (October 14, 1979)
Funding of Health Care (October 14, 1979)
Reform Group Formed (April 1979)
Announcing the Medical Reform Group (March 17, 1979)

Addendum: List of MRG Releases & Statements 2005 - 2013 (not hyperlinked)

2013
Doctors Urge Caution on Impacts of Downtown Airport Expansion - December 9, 2013 -
Health of Canadians Up for Sale in the Trans-Pacific Partnership Deal - November 20, 2013
Canadian Physicians Call for Release of emergency Physician Arrested in Egypt - August 19, 2013
A Step in the Wrong Direction for Drug Policy - June 7, 2013
Doctors Applaud City of Toronto Support for Health Care Access for All - May 10, 2013
MRG Calls on Premier to Commit to Fairness and Inclusiveness for Social Assistance Recipients in 2013 Budget - May 1, 2013
New Premier Must Ensure Ontario Provides Health Care for Refugees - January 28, 2013

2012
Progressive doctors support deal between the Ministry of Health and Long Term Care and the Ontario Medical Association - December 3, 2012
Provinces, the Sick and Seniors at Risk with CETA deal - November 19, 2012
Physicians' Coercive Behaviour: After Meeting with CPSO Registrar, MRG provides direction for action - August 23, 2012
Budget letter to Premier - April 3, 2012
CPSO letter to Registrar - June 25, 2012
Guyatt interview Progress in Evidence Winter 2012
MRG Provincial Budget Testimony Goel - June 6, 2012
Budget measures jeopardize the health of Ontario’s poor, says physician group - MRG Release April 4, 2012
Let’s agree on the diagnosis before deciding on a prescription, says doctors - MRG Release February 23, 2012
OMA encouraging coercive behaviour, says doctor’s group - MRG Release June 18, 2012
A welcome voice from doctors, says the Medical Reform Group - MRG Release March 23, 2012
Doctors’ group supports freeze on doctors’ incomes - MRG Release March 29, 2012
Doctors demand repeal of cuts to refugee healthcare - MRG Release May 14, 2012
Evidence and efficiency should guide fee schedule changes, says the Medical Reform Group - MRG Release May 15, 2012
Ontario Leaders Feb 23, 2012 - February 23, 2012
Pre-budget brief to Ontario Finance and Economic Affairs Committee - March 16, 2012

2011
Alternative federal budget 2011: Rethink, rebuild, renew - Spring 2011
Content without context: Education of Canadian health professionals lacks teaching on Canada’s health care system - Summer 2011
Primary care reform: Where we are now and where we need to go - Glazier interview Fall 2011
Closing libraries bad for your health says doctors’ group - MRG Release August 3, 2011
Doctors call for more equitable approach to economic health - MRG Release October 14, 2011
Organizing for Medicare - Winter 2011

2010
Health care experts propose new ways to publicly fund health care - MRG Release November 29, 2010
Paying for health care in Canada - Fall 2010
Ontario hospital association by-laws will muzzle critical doctors says Medical Reform Group - MRG Release August 10, 2010
Lexchin on Ontario Big Pharma - Summer 2010
McGuinty on Social Assistance - April 19, 2010
OMA on Social Assistance - April 19, 2010
MRG on Building a Culture of Patient-Centred Care - Spring 2010 - 2010

2009
Crack Cocaine Use Represents Public Health Emergency - October 19, 2009
Doctors Welcome Change in CMA Leadership - August 19, 2009
Incoming CMA president's Apocalyptic Rhetoric Unfortunate, Misleading, Say Doctors - August 16. 2009
Canadian Medical Association Consultation "Misleading Propaganda Exercise" say Doctors - April 20, 2009
Europe Yes, Privatization No, say Doctors - February 11, 2009

2008
Couillard ethics big problem: MDs. - November 4, 2008
Doctors' group to government: No health care cuts. - November 3, 2008
CMA President advocates against public interest: Doctor's group. - October 22, 2008
Tougher Regulations Needed for Drug Industry - The April edition of JAMA, the largest circulation medical journal included two articles that highlight the grave problems with the profit motive in health care. - April 16, 2008
Medical Reform Group Decries Exclusion of Not-for-profit Providers from Home Care Bidding - January 17, 2008
Medical Reform Group: CMA Using an Axe Instead of a Scalpel - January 16, 2008

2007
Canadian Medical Association Chooses Narrow Self-interest Over Public Interest - July 31, 2007
Brian Day's Activities "Shameful" Says Medical Reform Group - January 29, 2007
Governments must stop open two tier care in Quebec, says Medical Reform Group - January 26, 2007
Medical Reform Group Lauds Alberta Health Care Turnaround - January 11, 2007
Gordon Guyatt Hailed as Key Medical Innovator - January 7, 2007

2006
BC Medical Association Lines up Behind Two-Tier Advocate - July 18, 2006
MRG Challenges Health Minister - February 7, 2006

2005
Medical Reform Group Calls for Greater Transparency in Drug Approvals - November 24, 2005
MD Launches Privacy Complaint Over New Special Diet Application - November 23, 2005
CMA President Betrays Canadians - August 15, 2005
Klein-way the Wrong Way, Doctors Say - July 13, 2005
Chaoulli Decision Protects Only Those Who Can Pay - June 17, 2005
For-Profit Nursing Homes Short-change Patients - March 1, 2005
Ontario Liberals Shortchanging Health Care - Februrary 18, 2005
Canada Health Council Report: Governments; Please Listen - January 28, 2005

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