Danyaal Raza
@danyaalraza.com
family MD | UofT assistant professor | writing + research on health systems, primary care & possibilities for reform | danyaalraza.com
We need to pay for healthcare in 🇨🇦 to work.
Just not the way you may be thinking.
Just not the way you may be thinking.
January 13, 2026 at 3:15 PM
We need to pay for healthcare in 🇨🇦 to work.
Just not the way you may be thinking.
Just not the way you may be thinking.
Some holiday wishes via @healthydebate.bsky.social.
Happy 2026 everyone!
healthydebate.ca/2025/12/topi...
Happy 2026 everyone!
healthydebate.ca/2025/12/topi...
December 19, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Some holiday wishes via @healthydebate.bsky.social.
Happy 2026 everyone!
healthydebate.ca/2025/12/topi...
Happy 2026 everyone!
healthydebate.ca/2025/12/topi...
What’s the Family Doctor Fix? Teams are a great place to start.
December 15, 2025 at 6:52 PM
What’s the Family Doctor Fix? Teams are a great place to start.
Surgical wait times & one way out.
December 9, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Surgical wait times & one way out.
December 4, 2025 at 11:48 PM
This morning, @cdndrsformedicare.bsky.social convened a multi-party & collaborative coalition of Ontario MPPs, calling on the province to join the national program for Pharmacare.
December 4, 2025 at 1:47 AM
This morning, @cdndrsformedicare.bsky.social convened a multi-party & collaborative coalition of Ontario MPPs, calling on the province to join the national program for Pharmacare.
Part 3: Decoding healthcare delivery, for-profit vs not-for-profit.
December 2, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Part 3: Decoding healthcare delivery, for-profit vs not-for-profit.
Part 2: Decoding healthcare payment, public vs private.
December 1, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Part 2: Decoding healthcare payment, public vs private.
Part 1 on decoding public v private healthcare.
November 27, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Part 1 on decoding public v private healthcare.
For the 3rd in recent years, the federal government’s own experts have recommended a universal public pharmacare program.
So, where is it?
So, where is it?
November 24, 2025 at 7:09 PM
For the 3rd in recent years, the federal government’s own experts have recommended a universal public pharmacare program.
So, where is it?
So, where is it?
What’s in…and what’s out in Canadian Medicare.
November 22, 2025 at 6:11 PM
What’s in…and what’s out in Canadian Medicare.
Explainer threads…out
Explainer videos…in!
Explainer videos…in!
November 21, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Explainer threads…out
Explainer videos…in!
Explainer videos…in!
If polling reveals priorities, then it's doesn't seem this PM is thinking very much about health or social care.
globalnews.ca/news/1139186...
globalnews.ca/news/1139186...
September 4, 2025 at 2:44 PM
If polling reveals priorities, then it's doesn't seem this PM is thinking very much about health or social care.
globalnews.ca/news/1139186...
globalnews.ca/news/1139186...
Transforming robots from outer space, family medicine & grocery stores.
This was nice change of pace & good to 🤓-out on cartoons!
www.doctorvscomedian.com/e/episode-21...
This was nice change of pace & good to 🤓-out on cartoons!
www.doctorvscomedian.com/e/episode-21...
July 3, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Transforming robots from outer space, family medicine & grocery stores.
This was nice change of pace & good to 🤓-out on cartoons!
www.doctorvscomedian.com/e/episode-21...
This was nice change of pace & good to 🤓-out on cartoons!
www.doctorvscomedian.com/e/episode-21...
Great new paper from a Canadian-led team, on global efforts regulating private equity in health care.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
May 8, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Great new paper from a Canadian-led team, on global efforts regulating private equity in health care.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
via the BC Health Coalition, on reclaiming lab testing from a US takeover -
April 16, 2025 at 4:44 PM
via the BC Health Coalition, on reclaiming lab testing from a US takeover -
New campaign from @cfnu.bsky.social to put healthcare back on the Leaders’ Debate agenda.
win.newmode.net/cfnu/putheal...
win.newmode.net/cfnu/putheal...
April 15, 2025 at 6:02 PM
New campaign from @cfnu.bsky.social to put healthcare back on the Leaders’ Debate agenda.
win.newmode.net/cfnu/putheal...
win.newmode.net/cfnu/putheal...
Very glad to see this overdue needed interpretation letter on the radar of @cmadocs.bsky.social & @jossreimer.bsky.social.
@nicktsergas.ca's full interview, including building out primary care: canadahealthwatch.ca/2025/01/02/c...
@nicktsergas.ca's full interview, including building out primary care: canadahealthwatch.ca/2025/01/02/c...
January 3, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Very glad to see this overdue needed interpretation letter on the radar of @cmadocs.bsky.social & @jossreimer.bsky.social.
@nicktsergas.ca's full interview, including building out primary care: canadahealthwatch.ca/2025/01/02/c...
@nicktsergas.ca's full interview, including building out primary care: canadahealthwatch.ca/2025/01/02/c...
We can do it.
We underspend versus peers. We have the space to match funding with a plan for an exciting vision of primary care that not only expands access for everyone, but provides high quality care.
Lets build a healthcare system with word-class primary care as its cornerstone.
/end
We underspend versus peers. We have the space to match funding with a plan for an exciting vision of primary care that not only expands access for everyone, but provides high quality care.
Lets build a healthcare system with word-class primary care as its cornerstone.
/end
November 13, 2024 at 7:50 PM
We can do it.
We underspend versus peers. We have the space to match funding with a plan for an exciting vision of primary care that not only expands access for everyone, but provides high quality care.
Lets build a healthcare system with word-class primary care as its cornerstone.
/end
We underspend versus peers. We have the space to match funding with a plan for an exciting vision of primary care that not only expands access for everyone, but provides high quality care.
Lets build a healthcare system with word-class primary care as its cornerstone.
/end
But we need to act fast.
Family doctors are burnt out, retiring early and/or leaving comprehensive primary care all together.
Only ~20% of people have access to a team. And we our underperforming on access to care.
(ok, so not a short thread, but almost there!)
8/
Family doctors are burnt out, retiring early and/or leaving comprehensive primary care all together.
Only ~20% of people have access to a team. And we our underperforming on access to care.
(ok, so not a short thread, but almost there!)
8/
November 13, 2024 at 7:45 PM
But we need to act fast.
Family doctors are burnt out, retiring early and/or leaving comprehensive primary care all together.
Only ~20% of people have access to a team. And we our underperforming on access to care.
(ok, so not a short thread, but almost there!)
8/
Family doctors are burnt out, retiring early and/or leaving comprehensive primary care all together.
Only ~20% of people have access to a team. And we our underperforming on access to care.
(ok, so not a short thread, but almost there!)
8/
This was the Tommy Douglas 'Medicare 2.0' model from over 50 years ago. At dawn of the antibiotics era, "Swift Current Health Region #1" gave us an early example.
The building blocks still exist today.
More family doctors are working in team-based models & they work better.
7/
The building blocks still exist today.
More family doctors are working in team-based models & they work better.
7/
November 13, 2024 at 7:44 PM
This was the Tommy Douglas 'Medicare 2.0' model from over 50 years ago. At dawn of the antibiotics era, "Swift Current Health Region #1" gave us an early example.
The building blocks still exist today.
More family doctors are working in team-based models & they work better.
7/
The building blocks still exist today.
More family doctors are working in team-based models & they work better.
7/
In the midst of Marshall Ganz’s new book. This passage, on building from experiences, not categories, feels like it meets the moment -
November 13, 2024 at 3:53 AM
In the midst of Marshall Ganz’s new book. This passage, on building from experiences, not categories, feels like it meets the moment -
We are not the United States, but Canadians coming to grips with a changed America, would do well to read this.
If nothing else, as way to respond to our own domestic grievances.
If nothing else, as way to respond to our own domestic grievances.
November 6, 2024 at 11:38 PM
We are not the United States, but Canadians coming to grips with a changed America, would do well to read this.
If nothing else, as way to respond to our own domestic grievances.
If nothing else, as way to respond to our own domestic grievances.
In my office between patients, thinking a lot about this today.
November 6, 2024 at 9:56 PM
In my office between patients, thinking a lot about this today.