#164 There’s A Hidden VIP Program In The Ontario Health Care System

December 19, 2016

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CANADALAND

Do politicians and foreign dignitaries have better access to health care than everyone else?

Jesse Brown

Host & Publisher

Katie Jensen

Freelance Producer

Do politicians and foreign dignitaries have better access to health care than everyone else? A look inside CANADALAND’s ongoing investigation into Ontario’s VIP health care system.

Robert Hiltz’s story for Canadaland will go up Monday, December 19th (7am EST) and will become available here.

Dr. Nadia Alam’s Tweets with Omar Yar Khan.

Robert Hiltz’s Twitter: @robert_hiltz

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