Poverty kills more people than cancer according to Dennis Howlett, Executive Director of Canadians for Tax Fairness.
Speaking Thursday night at the Peterborough health care forum organized by the Ontario Health Coalition, Howlett addressed false economies in our present health system.
Panelists at the Peterborough health care forum Thursday night.
“There were going to freeze social assistance rates until the NDP negotiated a better deal,” said Howlett.,“yet the best way to reduce health care costs is to reduce poverty.”
Howlett told the town hall meeting that poverty condemns people to a lifetime of poor health, yet the government is doing little to address these upstream issues.
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