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{{Short description|Canadian non-profit advocacy organization}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=May 2023}}
{{Infobox organization
| name = Canadian Doctors for Medicare
| formation = May 2006
| logo = Canadian Doctors for Medicare logo.jpg
| type = Non-profit
| purpose = Advocacy
| headquarters = Toronto, Ontario
| leader_title = Executive Director
| leader_name = Katie Arnup
| website = {{url|https://www.canadiandoctorsformedicare.ca/}}
}}
'''Canadian Doctors for Medicare''' is a Canadian [[Nonprofit organization|non-profit]] advocacy organization that was founded in Toronto in 2006. The organization argues against the privatization of healthcare.
== Organization ==
Canadian Doctors for Medicare is based in Toronto, Ontario.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Canadian Doctors for Medicare |url=https://www.canadiandoctorsformedicare.ca/about |access-date=2023-04-12 |website=Canadian Doctors for Medicare |language=en}}</ref>
The organization's first director was [[Danielle Martin]],<ref name=":1" /> as of 2023, the executive director is Katie Arnup.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Joannou |first=Ashley |date=2023-04-06 |title=Doctor says health wait times now permanent after high court rejects challenge |url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/doctor-says-health-wait-times-now-permanent-after-high-court-rejects-challenge-1.6346059 |access-date=2023-04-12 |website=[[CTV News]] |language=en}}</ref>
In 2014, the governing board had 17 members, all of them physicians.<ref name=":1" /> Board members include Jasmine Gite,<ref name=":0">Duong D. How can Canada reduce surgical backlogs without expanding privatization? ''CMAJ : [[Canadian Medical Association Journal|Canadian Medical Association journal]] = journal de l’Association medicale canadienne''. 2022;194(44):E1514-E1515. doi:10.1503/cmaj.1096025</ref> and Amit Arya.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-07-06 |title=Opinion {{!}} How do we ‘fix’ Canadian health care? Not by forcing patients to pay |url=https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/2022/07/06/how-do-we-fix-canadian-health-care-not-by-forcing-patients-to-pay.html |access-date=2023-04-12 |website=[[The Toronto Star]] |language=en}}</ref> Board chairs have included Danielle Martin, followed by [[Monika Dutt]], then [[Joel Lexchin]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Collier |first=Roger |date=2017-09-01 |title=How physicians can "flex their advocacy muscles" |journal=CMAJ |volume=189 |issue=36 |pages=E1152 |doi=10.1503/cmaj.1095479 |issn=1488-2329 |pmc=5595558 |pmid=28893880}}</ref><ref name=":1" /> The organization has had over 1,000 members since 2006.<ref name=":1" />
== Activities ==
The organization was founded in May 2006.<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal |last=Duffin |first=Jacalyn |date=20 February 2018 |title=Doctors as Stewards of medicare, or not: CAMSI, MRG, CDM, DRHC and the thin alphabet soup of physician support |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/health-economics-policy-and-law/article/doctors-as-stewards-of-medicare-or-not-camsi-mrg-cdm-drhc-and-the-thin-alphabet-soup-of-physician-support/3C371789A5E1F26F3EDA4ECA8446B84E |journal=Health Economics, Policy and Law |language=en |volume=13 |issue=3-4 |pages=450–474 |doi=10.1017/S1744133117000470 |issn=1744-1331|doi-access=free }}</ref> In 2014, the organization advocated against the introduction of a formal system to facilitate [[medical tourism]] in Ontario.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ontario looking to ban or further restrict medical tourism: source - Toronto {{!}} Globalnews.ca |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/1676805/ontario-looking-to-ban-or-further-restrict-medical-tourism-source/ |access-date=2023-04-12 |website=Global News |language=en-US}}</ref>
The organization advocates against the privatization of healthcare in Canada.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Andrea Woo |date=2023-04-06 |title=Supreme Court declines to hear B.C. doctor’s fight to let patients pick private health care |language=en-CA |work=[[The Globe and Mail]] |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/british-columbia/article-supreme-court-declines-to-hear-bc-doctors-fight-to-let-patients-pick/ |access-date=2023-04-12}}</ref> It organized the first Canadian Doctors for Medicare Summit in 2022.<ref name=":0" />
== See also ==
* [[Healthcare in Canada]]
* [[Two-tier healthcare]]
== References ==
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== External links ==
* [https://www.canadiandoctorsformedicare.ca/ Official website]
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