Andrew Longhurst 🇨🇦 🍉
@alonghurst.bsky.social
Research Associate @policyalternatives.ca. Political economist, health policy researcher, SFU PhD candidate.
Expertise: health care services, health care finance, privatization, wait times
https://sites.google.com/view/andrew-longhurst
Expertise: health care services, health care finance, privatization, wait times
https://sites.google.com/view/andrew-longhurst
Ontario maintains the distinction of the lowest per capital hospital in the country
There's nothing more Canadian than public health care for all
#onpoli #cdnpoli
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There's nothing more Canadian than public health care for all
#onpoli #cdnpoli
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January 23, 2026 at 5:08 PM
Ontario maintains the distinction of the lowest per capital hospital in the country
There's nothing more Canadian than public health care for all
#onpoli #cdnpoli
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There's nothing more Canadian than public health care for all
#onpoli #cdnpoli
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Ontario public hospitals face austerity while the govt continues to expand for-profit providers
Ontario has the lowest per capita hospital spending in the country
“Ontario hospitals: $1 billion structural deficit” www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Ontario has the lowest per capita hospital spending in the country
“Ontario hospitals: $1 billion structural deficit” www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
January 23, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Ontario public hospitals face austerity while the govt continues to expand for-profit providers
Ontario has the lowest per capita hospital spending in the country
“Ontario hospitals: $1 billion structural deficit” www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Ontario has the lowest per capita hospital spending in the country
“Ontario hospitals: $1 billion structural deficit” www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
The privatization of low-complexity and profitable surgeries in Alberta has neither reduced wait times for lost priority procedures nor saved money-it’s done the opposite
At the same time, government edicts are forcing doctors to work in for-profit facilities, leaving hospitals short staffed
At the same time, government edicts are forcing doctors to work in for-profit facilities, leaving hospitals short staffed
December 31, 2025 at 11:28 PM
The privatization of low-complexity and profitable surgeries in Alberta has neither reduced wait times for lost priority procedures nor saved money-it’s done the opposite
At the same time, government edicts are forcing doctors to work in for-profit facilities, leaving hospitals short staffed
At the same time, government edicts are forcing doctors to work in for-profit facilities, leaving hospitals short staffed
The death of an Alberta patient waiting for ER care is a tragic, but predictable outcome of provincial government funding decisions
Alberta is an outlier when it comes to declining real per capita hospital expenditures from 2013 to 2022
These decisions have consequences
Alberta is an outlier when it comes to declining real per capita hospital expenditures from 2013 to 2022
These decisions have consequences
December 30, 2025 at 8:15 PM
The death of an Alberta patient waiting for ER care is a tragic, but predictable outcome of provincial government funding decisions
Alberta is an outlier when it comes to declining real per capita hospital expenditures from 2013 to 2022
These decisions have consequences
Alberta is an outlier when it comes to declining real per capita hospital expenditures from 2013 to 2022
These decisions have consequences
Our Sunshine Coast community is losing 20 infant/toddler spaces due to YMCA closure
Families are scrambling, affecting nurses, doctors, firefighters. The economy will suffer as parents must stay home
We are calling for govt to keep these spaces open
@lisabeare.bsky.social @davidebybc.bsky.social
Families are scrambling, affecting nurses, doctors, firefighters. The economy will suffer as parents must stay home
We are calling for govt to keep these spaces open
@lisabeare.bsky.social @davidebybc.bsky.social
September 7, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Our Sunshine Coast community is losing 20 infant/toddler spaces due to YMCA closure
Families are scrambling, affecting nurses, doctors, firefighters. The economy will suffer as parents must stay home
We are calling for govt to keep these spaces open
@lisabeare.bsky.social @davidebybc.bsky.social
Families are scrambling, affecting nurses, doctors, firefighters. The economy will suffer as parents must stay home
We are calling for govt to keep these spaces open
@lisabeare.bsky.social @davidebybc.bsky.social
The largest privatization of core hospital services (orthopedic surgeries) is underway in #onpoli
Private facilities profit from your tax dollars
Their biz model is based on performing routine procedures & "cream skimming" most profitable, lowest acuity patients
Public hospitals serve everyone
Private facilities profit from your tax dollars
Their biz model is based on performing routine procedures & "cream skimming" most profitable, lowest acuity patients
Public hospitals serve everyone
July 4, 2025 at 10:24 PM
The largest privatization of core hospital services (orthopedic surgeries) is underway in #onpoli
Private facilities profit from your tax dollars
Their biz model is based on performing routine procedures & "cream skimming" most profitable, lowest acuity patients
Public hospitals serve everyone
Private facilities profit from your tax dollars
Their biz model is based on performing routine procedures & "cream skimming" most profitable, lowest acuity patients
Public hospitals serve everyone
ICYMI
My op-ed with @drgorfinkel.bsky.social in @thestar.com
As Ontario pumps millions into for-profit health care, public health care will suffer
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
My op-ed with @drgorfinkel.bsky.social in @thestar.com
As Ontario pumps millions into for-profit health care, public health care will suffer
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
June 8, 2025 at 3:46 AM
ICYMI
My op-ed with @drgorfinkel.bsky.social in @thestar.com
As Ontario pumps millions into for-profit health care, public health care will suffer
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
My op-ed with @drgorfinkel.bsky.social in @thestar.com
As Ontario pumps millions into for-profit health care, public health care will suffer
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
ICYMI, my recent report
“Ontario’s hospitals are facing a serious staffing shortage due to years of underfunding, that's according to a new report from @policyalternatives.ca. It shows there's been an increase in the use of pricey for-profit staffing agencies.”
www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
“Ontario’s hospitals are facing a serious staffing shortage due to years of underfunding, that's according to a new report from @policyalternatives.ca. It shows there's been an increase in the use of pricey for-profit staffing agencies.”
www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
June 1, 2025 at 1:38 AM
ICYMI, my recent report
“Ontario’s hospitals are facing a serious staffing shortage due to years of underfunding, that's according to a new report from @policyalternatives.ca. It shows there's been an increase in the use of pricey for-profit staffing agencies.”
www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
“Ontario’s hospitals are facing a serious staffing shortage due to years of underfunding, that's according to a new report from @policyalternatives.ca. It shows there's been an increase in the use of pricey for-profit staffing agencies.”
www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
My new report out today shows the explosive growth of for-profit staffing agencies
It's become a nasty disease that the government needs to phase out and ban
Report: www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
It's become a nasty disease that the government needs to phase out and ban
Report: www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
May 12, 2025 at 5:29 PM
My new report out today shows the explosive growth of for-profit staffing agencies
It's become a nasty disease that the government needs to phase out and ban
Report: www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
It's become a nasty disease that the government needs to phase out and ban
Report: www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
Never did I think I would see the front page of The Guardian with this tragedy
April 27, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Never did I think I would see the front page of The Guardian with this tragedy
Front Lines of Humanity: Canadian Health Care Workers in Gaza
An urgent seminar
May 15, 7pm
SFU Harbour Centre
bcdag.carrd.co
An urgent seminar
May 15, 7pm
SFU Harbour Centre
bcdag.carrd.co
April 25, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Front Lines of Humanity: Canadian Health Care Workers in Gaza
An urgent seminar
May 15, 7pm
SFU Harbour Centre
bcdag.carrd.co
An urgent seminar
May 15, 7pm
SFU Harbour Centre
bcdag.carrd.co
ABF rewards volume-based, low complexity & immediate discharge. Literature shows (esp profit-driven systems0, surgeons, providers, for-profit facilities have the perverse incentive to game ABF by upcoding patients as more complex than they actually are to increase public funding.
April 8, 2025 at 4:10 AM
ABF rewards volume-based, low complexity & immediate discharge. Literature shows (esp profit-driven systems0, surgeons, providers, for-profit facilities have the perverse incentive to game ABF by upcoding patients as more complex than they actually are to increase public funding.
The best current analysis of ABF within a Canadian context:
www.policyalternatives.ca/sites/defaul...
At the time, the right-wing BC gov was embarking on ABF and making similar claims to what we heard today from Smith/LaGrange
www.policyalternatives.ca/sites/defaul...
At the time, the right-wing BC gov was embarking on ABF and making similar claims to what we heard today from Smith/LaGrange
April 8, 2025 at 3:51 AM
The best current analysis of ABF within a Canadian context:
www.policyalternatives.ca/sites/defaul...
At the time, the right-wing BC gov was embarking on ABF and making similar claims to what we heard today from Smith/LaGrange
www.policyalternatives.ca/sites/defaul...
At the time, the right-wing BC gov was embarking on ABF and making similar claims to what we heard today from Smith/LaGrange
Premier Smith continues to attack AHS
But her claims aren’t supported by the available public data which show it’s for-profit medicine failing to deliver
My op-ed in Saturday’s @edmontonjournal.com
But her claims aren’t supported by the available public data which show it’s for-profit medicine failing to deliver
My op-ed in Saturday’s @edmontonjournal.com
April 5, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Premier Smith continues to attack AHS
But her claims aren’t supported by the available public data which show it’s for-profit medicine failing to deliver
My op-ed in Saturday’s @edmontonjournal.com
But her claims aren’t supported by the available public data which show it’s for-profit medicine failing to deliver
My op-ed in Saturday’s @edmontonjournal.com
Alberta falls short on private surgery outcomes: report
Mr. Longhurst’s report shows median wait times for nine of 11 priority procedures tracked by the Canadian Institute for Health Information have increased since ASI was introduced.
www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/ecc4f90...
Mr. Longhurst’s report shows median wait times for nine of 11 priority procedures tracked by the Canadian Institute for Health Information have increased since ASI was introduced.
www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/ecc4f90...
March 27, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Alberta falls short on private surgery outcomes: report
Mr. Longhurst’s report shows median wait times for nine of 11 priority procedures tracked by the Canadian Institute for Health Information have increased since ASI was introduced.
www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/ecc4f90...
Mr. Longhurst’s report shows median wait times for nine of 11 priority procedures tracked by the Canadian Institute for Health Information have increased since ASI was introduced.
www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/ecc4f90...
Against a backdrop of surgical contract corruption allegations rocking Alberta, my new Parkland Institute report provides timely, data-driven analysis of the Alberta Surgical Initiative after five years.
Join us!
Mar 26, 12-1 MST
Registration: ualberta-ca.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#abpoli #ableg
Join us!
Mar 26, 12-1 MST
Registration: ualberta-ca.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#abpoli #ableg
March 25, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Against a backdrop of surgical contract corruption allegations rocking Alberta, my new Parkland Institute report provides timely, data-driven analysis of the Alberta Surgical Initiative after five years.
Join us!
Mar 26, 12-1 MST
Registration: ualberta-ca.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#abpoli #ableg
Join us!
Mar 26, 12-1 MST
Registration: ualberta-ca.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#abpoli #ableg
The Alberta Surgical Initiative promised solutions but delivered problems
My latest report with the Parkland Institute offers new analysis revealing what went wrong—and how to fix it.
Join our report launch webinar on Wed, March 26: ualberta-ca.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#abpoli #ableg
My latest report with the Parkland Institute offers new analysis revealing what went wrong—and how to fix it.
Join our report launch webinar on Wed, March 26: ualberta-ca.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#abpoli #ableg
March 21, 2025 at 5:36 PM
The Alberta Surgical Initiative promised solutions but delivered problems
My latest report with the Parkland Institute offers new analysis revealing what went wrong—and how to fix it.
Join our report launch webinar on Wed, March 26: ualberta-ca.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#abpoli #ableg
My latest report with the Parkland Institute offers new analysis revealing what went wrong—and how to fix it.
Join our report launch webinar on Wed, March 26: ualberta-ca.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#abpoli #ableg
Join me for the launch of my new report “Operation Profit: Private Surgical Contracts Deliver Higher Costs and Longer Waits”
The report evaluates the performance and costs of the Alberta Surgical Initiative after five years
Registration: ualberta-ca.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli
The report evaluates the performance and costs of the Alberta Surgical Initiative after five years
Registration: ualberta-ca.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli
March 20, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Join me for the launch of my new report “Operation Profit: Private Surgical Contracts Deliver Higher Costs and Longer Waits”
The report evaluates the performance and costs of the Alberta Surgical Initiative after five years
Registration: ualberta-ca.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli
The report evaluates the performance and costs of the Alberta Surgical Initiative after five years
Registration: ualberta-ca.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli
Thanks to @albertadoctors.bsky.social for the invite to speak on your health delivery model panel at the Representative Forum!
Great discussion about improving timely surgical access.
I met some lovely folks IRL!
@drshazmamithani.bsky.social
Dr Hardcastle
Dr Parks
#abpoli #ableg
Great discussion about improving timely surgical access.
I met some lovely folks IRL!
@drshazmamithani.bsky.social
Dr Hardcastle
Dr Parks
#abpoli #ableg
March 15, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Thanks to @albertadoctors.bsky.social for the invite to speak on your health delivery model panel at the Representative Forum!
Great discussion about improving timely surgical access.
I met some lovely folks IRL!
@drshazmamithani.bsky.social
Dr Hardcastle
Dr Parks
#abpoli #ableg
Great discussion about improving timely surgical access.
I met some lovely folks IRL!
@drshazmamithani.bsky.social
Dr Hardcastle
Dr Parks
#abpoli #ableg
Huh?
What is it about legacy media and their capitulation to fascists
What is it about legacy media and their capitulation to fascists
February 28, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Huh?
What is it about legacy media and their capitulation to fascists
What is it about legacy media and their capitulation to fascists
Another ridiculous first-past-the-post outcome
Party that did not win the popular vote will have far more seats than proportional its vote share, and it will form a MAJORITY government
FPTP will usher in far-right governments unless parties cooperate to make pro-rep a reality @fairvote.ca
#onpoli
Party that did not win the popular vote will have far more seats than proportional its vote share, and it will form a MAJORITY government
FPTP will usher in far-right governments unless parties cooperate to make pro-rep a reality @fairvote.ca
#onpoli
February 28, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Another ridiculous first-past-the-post outcome
Party that did not win the popular vote will have far more seats than proportional its vote share, and it will form a MAJORITY government
FPTP will usher in far-right governments unless parties cooperate to make pro-rep a reality @fairvote.ca
#onpoli
Party that did not win the popular vote will have far more seats than proportional its vote share, and it will form a MAJORITY government
FPTP will usher in far-right governments unless parties cooperate to make pro-rep a reality @fairvote.ca
#onpoli
Write your MP and Heritage Minister sharing your deep concerns about #CrossCountryFuckUp & the editorial decisions at CBC that undermine our sovereignty
Feel free to borrow
@brodiefenlon.bsky.social @cbcombud.bsky.social @pascalestonge.bsky.social @patrickbweiler.bsky.social
#Never51stState
Feel free to borrow
@brodiefenlon.bsky.social @cbcombud.bsky.social @pascalestonge.bsky.social @patrickbweiler.bsky.social
#Never51stState
February 23, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Write your MP and Heritage Minister sharing your deep concerns about #CrossCountryFuckUp & the editorial decisions at CBC that undermine our sovereignty
Feel free to borrow
@brodiefenlon.bsky.social @cbcombud.bsky.social @pascalestonge.bsky.social @patrickbweiler.bsky.social
#Never51stState
Feel free to borrow
@brodiefenlon.bsky.social @cbcombud.bsky.social @pascalestonge.bsky.social @patrickbweiler.bsky.social
#Never51stState
It's a grift!
The public is being swindled by the Alberta government and private health care investors
The news out of Alberta just keeps getting worse
For-profits paid upwards of 2x as much for the same procedures performed in Alberta's public hospitals
Public inquiry now.
#abpoli #ableg
The public is being swindled by the Alberta government and private health care investors
The news out of Alberta just keeps getting worse
For-profits paid upwards of 2x as much for the same procedures performed in Alberta's public hospitals
Public inquiry now.
#abpoli #ableg
February 23, 2025 at 6:57 AM
