Toronto Star · The Globe and Mail
Bob Bell
Last published Jan. 2023 · On our record since 2018
Where this writer stands
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Recent work
- Opinion | Doug Ford is prioritizing profits for private clinics over medicare for allOpinion · Toronto Star · Jan 30, 2023
- Opinion | Privately owned long-term care is not associated with increased mortalityOpinion · Toronto Star · Mar 14, 2021
- Opinion | Lobbyists guarantee that for-profit cataracts will pay moreOpinion · Toronto Star · Feb 21, 2021
- Lobbyists guarantee that for-profit cataracts will pay moreOpinion · Toronto Star · Feb 21, 2021
- Opinion | Privatizing eye surgery deeply short sighted move that will harm care in OntarioOpinion · Toronto Star · Feb 8, 2021
- Privatizing eye surgery deeply short sighted move that will harm care in OntarioOpinion · Toronto Star · Feb 8, 2021
- Opinion: Clearing the COVID-19 backlog isn’t enough - we need to build a better health care systemOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Feb 3, 2021
- Opinion | Ending private long-term care would be an expensive mistakeOpinion · Toronto Star · Jan 31, 2021
- Understanding Ontario’s long-term care tragedyOpinion · Toronto Star · Nov 22, 2020
- Opinion: A COVID-19 vaccine would only be the beginning of the end of the pandemicOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Nov 16, 2020
- How to improve Ontario’s COVID-19 testing and screening policiesOpinion · Toronto Star · Jun 4, 2020
- Preparing for the post-pandemic OntarioOpinion · Toronto Star · Apr 12, 2020
- Opinion: During this crisis, cancer patients and cancer researchers must not be forgottenOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Apr 8, 2020
- Cancer care in the time of COVID-19Opinion · Toronto Star · Apr 3, 2020
- Cancer care in the time of COVID-19Opinion · Toronto Star · Apr 2, 2020
- Why is Ontario behind on COVID-19 testing?Opinion · Toronto Star · Mar 22, 2020
- Adopting a U.S. plan for easing hallway medicine | The StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Feb 24, 2020
- The cautionary tale of Cambie and Australian health care | The StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Dec 2, 2019
- Publishing physician billings can help sustain OHIP | The StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Nov 28, 2019
- The elimination of regional leadership in Ontario’s health system | The StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Nov 25, 2019
- Increased oversight of OHIP is overdue | The StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Nov 4, 2019
- Ontario Health Team application reveals complexities in running new system | The StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Oct 16, 2019
- We aren’t properly preparing for long-term care demand | The StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Oct 2, 2019
- A contingency plan for preventing certain January emergency room gridlock | The StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Sep 22, 2019
- Back to the future for home care in Ontario | The StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Sep 12, 2019
- Is homecare at risk with the creation of Ontario Health Teams? | The StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Sep 9, 2019
- Alberta copying health system Ontario is discarding | The StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Sep 4, 2019
- Are Ontario Health Teams designed for failure? | The StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Sep 2, 2019
- Cutting low value health care is high value to Ontario | The StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Aug 21, 2019
- The simple math of hallway medicine | The StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Jul 17, 2019
- Ontario health quality will suffer under the Peoples Health Act | The StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Jul 1, 2019
- A threat to the quality of cancer care in Ontario | The StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Jun 23, 2019
- Should Canada adopt Eric Hoskins’ pharmacare plan? | The StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Jun 17, 2019
- Corner store booze is bad for our health and our budget | The StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Jun 5, 2019
- Is Ontario open for health care business? | The StarOpinion · Toronto Star · May 28, 2019
- ‘Open for Business’ without strong public health is risky business | The StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Apr 24, 2019
- OHIP billings need to be transparent | The StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Apr 10, 2019
- Future of Ontario medicare depends on scrutiny of medical testing | The StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Apr 7, 2019
- Competition between public and private care will not cure hallway medicine | The StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Apr 1, 2019
- Ontario health reform strategy ‘vindictive’ and a failure at effective change management | The StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Mar 25, 2019
- Will the future of Ontario surgery be private or public? | The StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Mar 19, 2019
- A cautionary tale for new Ontario Health board | The StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Mar 13, 2019
- Ontario health teams are useful incremental change | The StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Mar 5, 2019
- Is it too late to reconsider Ontario’s new health care super agency? | The StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Feb 26, 2019
- Private health care advocates are ramping up the rhetoric | The StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Feb 19, 2019
- Are private home-care companies about to become more profitable? | The StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Feb 13, 2019
- Health care ‘super agency’ wrong solution for Ontario’s four big problems | The StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Feb 6, 2019
- Conservatives’ health care review process is backwards | The StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Jan 31, 2019
- Arbitration can heal rift between Ontario’s doctors and government | The StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Jan 24, 2019
- Ontario should not negotiate separately with medical specialists | The StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Jan 17, 2019
- Don’t harm Cancer Care Ontario while restructuring health agencies | The StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Jan 16, 2019
- Opinion | Busting the myth of bloated health care bureaucracyOpinion · Toronto Star · Jul 14, 2018