Nickel Belt MPP France Gelinas told a legislative committee 142 seniors lined up to talk to her about having to pay for what could have been an OHIP-insured surgery
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She told the story Monday at a legislative committee studying an auditor general's report that had raised concerns about patients being subject to misleading sales practices by ophthalmologists who convince patients to pay for upgraded lenses and extra eye testing to make a profit. "In my neck of the woods, there's no public transportation, you need to drive," said the northern MPP.
However, all patients with cataracts can get standard lenses covered by OHIP, at no cost to them, and cannot be denied cataract surgery for refusing to pay. The new legislation also largely depends on a complaint-driven process, she said, and will open up more opportunities for the same kinds of high-pressure tactics if the province follows through on its plans to expand private surgical centres and allow them to perform more procedures, including orthopedic surgeries.
A Progressive Conservative MPP on the committee also weighed in, suggesting the problem of upselling and add-ons wasn't associated with private clinics, but with hospitals as well.
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