For Immediate Release
November 4, 2004

Barrett presents petitions against Ontario’s spineless delisting of chiropractic services

Queen’s Park – Haldimand-Norfolk-Brant MPP Toby Barrett has taken the voice of his constituents, who depend upon chiropractors for a better quality of life, to Queen’s Park.

“I now have close to 1,000 names and 333 letters from people concerned about the delisting of chiropractic services,” Barrett said as he rose in the Ontario Legislature with a package presented to him by Dr. Brunarski of Simcoe.

The body of the petition states that the “elimination of OHIP coverage will mean that many of the 1.2 million patients who use chiropractic will no longer be able to access the health care they need.

“Elimination of OHIP coverage is expected to save $93 million in expenditures on chiropractic treatment at a cost of government of over $200 million in other health care costs”.

The petitions and letters Barrett presented called on the current Liberal government to reverse its decision and maintain OHIP coverage for chiropractic services, in the best interests of the public, patients, the health care system, government and the province.

The week prior saw Barrett rise in the Ontario Legislature to present names of constituents who opposed the delisting of optometric services.

“To think that the decision to delist key health care services was done without public consultation is quite insulting,” Barrett said. “This is not the type of change the people of Ontario voted for last October.”

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For more information please contact MPP Toby Barrett at: 519-428-0446, 905-765-8413 or 1-800-903-8629