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Danyaal Raza
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family MD | UofT assistant professor | writing + research on health systems, primary care & possibilities for reform | danyaalraza.com
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Danyaal Raza @danyaalraza.com · Jan 16
Some exciting personal news -

I've begun my term as our team's inaugural Primary Care & Health Policy Scholar, applying research to real-world policy change.

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If you're part of a people-powered org looking to influence policy makers, let's chat! DMs open.
Addressing primary care shortage: A conversation with Dr. Danyaal Raza
The family doctor shortage is one of the most pressing issues in Canadian health care. Data from OurCare led by Unity Health Toronto researchers and the largest pan-Canadian conversation about the…
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From the chair of the federal government’s National Pharmacare Committee of Experts, Nav Persaud does not mince his words.

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Here’s one thing Mark Carney could do that would improve the welfare of more Canadians than any pipeline or mine
Canada spends about $10 billion more on medicines each year than countries with universal pharmacare because our system doesn't provide access to medications through government-issued health cards.
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November 24, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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For the 3rd in recent years, the federal government’s own experts have recommended a universal public pharmacare program.

So, where is it?
November 24, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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Allowing doctors to practise in both public and private systems solves what exactly? What Alberta is proposing may sound good superficially but makes no sense in the Canadian context, by @picardonhealth.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... via @theglobeandmail.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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What Alberta's public-private doctor plan could mean for insurance, physician burnout, nurses and more https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-s-public-private-doctors-explainer-9.6987777

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The Alberta government wants to be the first province to allow surgeons and other physicians to work in both the public and private systems at the same time.
November 23, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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What’s in…and what’s out in Canadian Medicare.
November 22, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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This med student gets it. Premier Smith should take the time to listen.
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Opinion: All dollars and no sense — another health-care privatization failure waiting to happen calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu...
November 21, 2025 at 2:08 AM
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Explainer threads…out

Explainer videos…in!
November 21, 2025 at 2:01 AM
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Expert says Alberta’s proposed two-tier model would violate the Canada Health Act www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber... @alannasmith.bsky.social @danyaalraza.com

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the entrance of a hospital emergency department
November 19, 2025 at 7:03 AM
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Well, I finally took the plunge.

Text, now video, bringing health analysis to the masses.

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TikTok - Make Your Day
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November 19, 2025 at 2:16 AM
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Private-pay medical testing will make wait times worse, for most edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu... @bernardho.bsky.social

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A 3T MRI machine sits at the Alberta Children's Hospital in Calgary, Alta. on Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012.
November 14, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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“Every doctor and nurse diverted to private-pay clinics is a resource taken away from the collective effort to rebuild universal primary care." writes Broadbent Research fellow @danyaalraza.com

Read his latest @thestar.com op-ed: www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Screenshot of a Toronto Star opinion article titled, “I was recruited to join a private health centre as a doctor. Here is why I said no,” by Danyaal Raza, published November 10, 2025. Below the headline is a photo of Dr. Raza smiling at the camera, wearing glasses, a collared shirt, and a stethoscope around his neck.
November 10, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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Absolutely brilliant exposition of what is happening *RIGHT NOW* across Ontario and Canada, thank you @danyaalraza.com .
Health care is in crisis, the solutions are obvious, and governments everywhere are looking away from what is happening.

Gift link:
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November 10, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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I was recruited to join a private health centre as a doctor. Here's why I said no www.thestar.com/opinion/cont... @danyaalraza.com @thestar.com

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"During my conversation with the recruiter, I asked what would happen if someone approached me who couldn't afford the fee," writes Dr. Danyaal Raza. "The answer was blunt: I'd have to see them 'somewhere other than the clinic.' "
November 10, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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Early in my career, a recruiter asked me to leave my practice & join a private clinic instead.

I said no.

Here's why:

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I was recruited to join a private health centre as a doctor. Here is why I said no
Years ago, I received an unsolicited recruitment letter inviting me to join a “private health centre” in another province. I was struck by how enticing it sounded. The recruiter promised
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November 10, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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The budget.

It puts $5 billion into “health infrastructure,” which sounds like healthcare funding. But is it?

My breakdown for Canada Healthwatch looks at what’s new, what’s missing, and why health is now being framed as infrastructure.
November 8, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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“My friends, the world is changing. It's not a question of whether that change will come. It's a question of who will change it.” @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social

People are choosing real alternatives instead of continuity. Mamdani stands for an antifascist economics in the name of the many. 🧵
November 6, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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"This budget seems to have a case of mistaken identity [...] Instead of making historic investments to modernize and update health and social care, they are asking under-resourced systems to increasingly do more, with less."

Read the latest from @danyaalraza.com : www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Screenshot of a Toronto Star opinion article titled “Carney’s first budget is asking the wrong Canadians to make sacrifices,” published Nov. 6, 2025. The subheading notes the author is Dr. Danyaal Raza. Below the headline is a photo of a man in a suit holding up a booklet labelled “Budget 2025” with an image of a red icebreaker ship on the cover. He is wearing a red poppy pin on his lapel and standing in a doorway.
November 6, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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Carney’s first budget asks the wrong Canadians to make sacrifices www.thestar.com/opinion/cont... @danyaalraza.com @thestar.com

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Prime Minister Mark Carney poses with a copy of the federal budget in Ottawa on Tuesday. "This budget seems to have a case of mistaken identity," writes Dr. Danyaal Raza. "Instead of asking for sacrifices from those able to make them, they are leaning on individuals and sectors already struggling."
November 6, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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Boys do cry: The Toronto Blue Jays challenge sport’s toxic masculinity with displays of love and emotion
Boys do cry: The Toronto Blue Jays challenge sport’s toxic masculinity with displays of love and emotion
Rather than uphold a dominant hypermasculine image of men in sport, this years’ World Series might have opened our eyes to a counter-narrative in sport.
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November 6, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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With no additional pharmacare money in federal budget, some fear New Brunswick will miss out https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/dornan-pharmacare-deal-9.6968112

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Health Minister John Dornan says the province is still assessing the potential costs of pharmacare.
November 6, 2025 at 5:30 AM
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Privately paid medical tests a step toward U.S.-style health care https://edmontonjournal.com/opinion/columnists/opinion-privately-paid-medical-tests-a-step-toward-u-s-style-health-care

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Health Minister Adriana LaGrange and Premier Danielle Smith speak at a news conference in Calgary on March 21, 2025.
November 6, 2025 at 2:08 AM
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Wondering what the budget has to say about health/healthcare?

My take here, gift link: www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Carney’s first budget is asking the wrong Canadians to make sacrifices
This budget seems to have a case of mistaken identity. Instead of asking for sacrifices from those able to make them, they are leaning on individuals and sectors already struggling.
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November 6, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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If at least 26 billionaires can waste at least $27 million trying to defeat Zohran Mamdani, then those same billionaires can afford to pay an extra 2% on their income over $1 million to make New York a better, thriving city for everyone — including themselves.
November 5, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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“Luxury taxes on boats and aircraft are gone”

Elbows up for everyone living at Park Place. Hope it’s not a hotel.

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How Mark Carney’s federal budget would impact your taxes, from automatic tax filing to axing luxury tax
The budget, should it pass the confidence vote the week of Nov. 17, will touch almost every taxpayer, and steers clear of major tax hikes or benefit cuts, focusing instead
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November 5, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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Another important piece from the Star's health reporter, Megan Ogilvie.

“When we talk about the primary care crisis, we often focus on patients who don’t have a family doctor. But we looked at nearly 10 million patients who do have a family doctor & they’re still struggling to get care.”

#OnPoli
The findings, published Monday in the CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal), found that 13 per cent of Ontarians attached to a family doctor live more than 30 kilometres away from their physician. The study also found that these patients were more likely to use the emergency department for non-urgent reasons and to have fewer family doctor visits, and were less likely to have preventive screening for cancer. Gupta said the research confirms what many doctors see in their own practices — and points to a problem. “When we talk about the primary care crisis, we often focus on patients who don’t have a family doctor,” said Gupta, the study’s lead author and scientist at Upstream Lab at St. Mike’s, a part of Unity Health Toronto. “But we looked at nearly 10 million patients who do have a family doctor and they’re still struggling to get care.”
November 3, 2025 at 2:02 PM