Discrimination Against People With Low Socio-Economic Status Evident In Some Family Physicians’ Offices

Family physicians’ offices appear to discriminate against people of low socio-economic status, even when there is no economic incentive to do so under Canada’s system of publicly-funded universal health insurance, new research has shown. At the same time, these offices appear to give preference to people with chronic health conditions, according to the research led by Dr. Stephen Hwang of St. Michael’s Hospital. In his study, published in the Canadian… Read More »