Expanding the Canada Health Act must include mental health and substance use health

Mental health and substance use health are the foundation of economic productivity as well the cornerstone of our health and well-being.

Health Minister Mark Holland, centre, missed a golden opportunity to require provinces and territories to address long-standing gaps and inequities in access to much needed health care, write Mary Bartram and Kathleen Leslie. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY MARY BARTRAM, KATHLEEN LESLIE

February 12, 2025

Patients should not “face charges for medically necessary care when a service would otherwise be covered if provided by a physician,” federal Health Minister Mark Holland recently stated in his letter

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