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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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Danyaal Raza @danyaalraza.com · 1d
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Pharmacare Saves Lives: Tell the Federal Government to Act
Canada’s in the middle of an affordability crisis — and the new Liberal government is stalling on a key promise that could make a real difference in people's everyday lives: pharmacare. Only three pr...
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Danyaal Raza @danyaalraza.com · 7d
Let’s move from outsourcing care to these large corporate chains.

There are so many other great alternatives out there.

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'Fragmenting care': How a pilot project in N.B. pharmacies fell apart | CBC News
In the summer of 2022, Higgs, New Brunswick’s Progressive Conservative premier, made sweeping changes to the senior management of the province’s health care system, vowing to find new ways to improve ...
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APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 8d
Jingle dress dancer Dara Wawatie and drummer Nimkeehns Wemigwans attended a memorial for residential school children on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation in Ottawa.

The ceremony took place at the Beechwood National Cemetery, where Dr. Peter Bryce is buried.
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Armine Yalnizyan @armineyalnizyan.bsky.social · 9d
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Dr. @danyaalraza.com recently warned that the growth in private for-profit primary care clinics is a slippery slope that includes the potential to monetize your health and Rx data with big pharmaceutical companies.

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Armine Yalnizyan @armineyalnizyan.bsky.social · 9d
Do you use "MyChart" to find out how a test went?
It's owned by Epic Systems, an American private equity firm.
This excellent reporting from CTV is a must read.
www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...

HC data breaches getting more common as private equity invests (+ monetizes everything, incl your data) /2
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Danyaal Raza @danyaalraza.com · 8d
As a healthcare worker & as a father, I cannot begin to fathom this unimaginable pain.

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For volunteer paramedics in Gaza, every lost second can mean a lost life
The ambulance has become an extension of Mohammed Hosni, who rarely rests or sees his family
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Danyaal Raza @danyaalraza.com · 12d
Easiest thing you’ll do all day.

Sign here -

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Now more than ever, Canada must stand up for humanity | Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...
Targeting civilians and health facilities is never acceptable. No excuses, no exceptions. But right now, humanitarian aid – and the people it is meant to assist – are under attack. In conflict zones a...
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Danyaal Raza @danyaalraza.com · 14d
If the double-dealing & political corruption south of the border has you worried, here’s a great chance for us to stamp out any hint of the same, at home.

www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber...
Alberta private clinics adviser worked for firm vying for contract, confidential report says
Potential conflicts of interest outlined in document at centre of health procurement controversy
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Danyaal Raza @danyaalraza.com · 14d
What a great piece.

Another homegrown solution, with cities taking the lead.

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This bold idea could change how cities attract family doctors
YouTube video by CBC News: The National
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Danyaal Raza @danyaalraza.com · 14d
Good question.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
Trudeau made headlines with free birth control. Why didn’t Canada follow through?
Nearly a year after a historic law promised free contraception, most provinces still haven’t signed on
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Danyaal Raza @danyaalraza.com · 15d
What a great example of what we need!

The solutions to our healthcare crisis are under her nose.

Let’s make sure we support and spread them so everyone that needs care, gets it.

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Postal Code-Based Care: Tailored Health and Social Services for Thorncliffe Park
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Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 15d
Health advocates call on Liberals to keep pharmacare promise ahead of budget https://www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/politics/health-advocates-call-on-liberals-to-keep-pharmacare-promise-ahead-of-budget/article_1ee1457b-378f-5908-a4da-b9f08759d108.html

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Advocates speak at a news conference
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Danyaal Raza @danyaalraza.com · 21d
Bread & Roses.

What a great conversation (and what a great reminder).

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Mayor to Mayor: A Conversation Between Bernie Sanders and Zohran Mamdani
When the senator came to New York in early September, he had a few spare minutes to talk municipal politics and governance with one of his biggest fans, Zohran Mamdani.
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Danyaal Raza @danyaalraza.com · 27d
Cautious optimism at this presser.

Hopefully we hear noise soon that negotiations are back on.

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Carney says federal government will strike more pharmacare deals with…
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Danyaal Raza @danyaalraza.com · 29d
“[T]here is nothing further to evaluate…This was always about making costly medicine free and accessible, uniformly accessible.”

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Pharmacare law cannot be implemented in inequitable way, former advisory council chair says
Eric Hoskins had called upon provinces and territories to try and reach agreements before the election campaign
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Decent Work and Health Network @decentworkhlth.bsky.social · Sep 8
Statistics Canada data reveals temp foreign workers in healthcare up 1,700% in 20 yrs. Insecure status = exploitation & worse care. As @danyaalraza.com says: bad conditions for workers = bad for patients. Permanent status for all = health for all. #Justice4Workers www.thestar.com/news/canada/...
Use of temporary foreign workers soars in Canadian health care
The number of temporary foreign workers in Canada’s health-care sector has soared over the past two decades, rising by nearly 1,700 per cent between 2000 and 2022, as the country
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Danyaal Raza @danyaalraza.com · Sep 4
If polling reveals priorities, then it's doesn't seem this PM is thinking very much about health or social care.

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Redeye @redeyeradio.bsky.social · Aug 29
Pod drop 2024/25 Season Highlights: Dr. Danyaal Raza with essential context and insights on long-awaited Canada Health Act interpretation letter regarding coverage of basic healthcare by non-physician providers. from Jan 2025
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Dr. Danyaal Raza on non-physician professionals billing the public system (encore)
Podcast Episode · Redeye · 2025-08-26 · 18m
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Fausse Nurse @faussenurse.bsky.social · Aug 28
Interesting that nobody mentions in the article that the impetus for this decision is likely the clarification from the Federal government a few months ago that they would deduct private NP practice fees from health transfers.
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Alan Drummond MD @dralandrummond.bsky.social · Aug 28
N.L. will publicly fund some nurse practitioners in effort to expand access to care
About 20 nurse practitioners are expected to take part in the year-long pilot project
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N.L. will publicly fund some nurse practitioners in effort to expand access to care | CBC News
Newfoundland and Labrador is launching a pilot program to publicly fund some nurse practitioners as independent contractors to allow more people to access primary care.
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Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · Aug 26
A broken promise, yet again: Why Canada needs national pharmacare now www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/0... @bernardho.bsky.social @hilltimes.com

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Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne announced on April 15 a six-month relief period from counter-tariffs for goods imported from the U.S. that are used in Canadian manufacturing, processing and food and beverage packaging, and for those used to support public health, health care, public safety, and national security. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · Aug 25
Multiple journalists killed by Israeli strikes on Gaza’s Nasser Hospital. www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...

Feels like a good day to re-post this column:
Even in war, attacking medical facilities must remain off limits. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... via @theglobeandmail.com
Opinion: Even in war, attacking medical facilities must remain off limits
Disregard for the policy of ‘medical neutrality’ in war – outlined in treaties like the Geneva Conventions - has given rise to a new term: healthocide
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Danyaal Raza @danyaalraza.com · Aug 22
Are you being stood up?

Helpful summary from the @cdnhealthcoalition.bsky.social that lays it out, PT by PT.

www.healthcoalition.ca/is-your-prov...
Is your province waiting for a pharmacare deal?
Some provinces being “ghosted” by Ottawa
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Danyaal Raza @danyaalraza.com · Aug 14
“How can we be ‘Canada Strong’ if patients in one province can access medications free of charge, but those in the province next door have to pay thousands of dollars per year to stay healthy?”

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Canadian Doctors for Medicare Urges Minister Michel and Prime Minister Carney to continue Pharmacare negotiations with the provinces
Seeking to strengthen and improve Canada's universal publicly-funded health care system. Evidence-based, values driven.
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Broadbent Institute @broadbent.bsky.social · Aug 13
Carney's practice of "campaigning on the left then governing from the right," meant he could borrow from Ed Broadbent's campaign playbook before pivoting to cuts that benefit the wealthy and threaten public services.

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