September 25th, 2020

Court overruling Ford's cancellation of out-of-country OHIP a victory for Ontarians: NDP

NICKEL BELT — NDP Health Care critic France Gélinas made this statement in response to the court overruling the Ford government's decision to eliminate the OHIP Out-of-Country Travelers Program:

"It is heartening to see that the Ford government's troubling cancellation of OHIP coverage for Ontarians traveling outside the country has been overturned.

The NDP has worked hard to oppose the elimination of out-of-country OHIP coverage. This is another example of Doug Ford trying to bring harmful cuts to health care. Before the pandemic, Ford had put cuts to Ontario public health, local ambulance services, OHIP and long-term care on the table. Ontarians are rightfully worried that he will go right back to cutting health care immediately after the pandemic."