The hospital funding gap facing Ontarians living in high growth communities has widened from $184 per resident in 2003 to $255 in 2008. And unfortunately the gap is expected to widen.

This means that hospitals in Ontario high growth communities are short-changed by $1.4 billion dollars compared to what other Ontario hospitals receive to provide care and treatment for their local residents. And each year, Ontarians in high growth communities are short-changed more and more.

As these funding gaps widen it means that Ontarians living in high growth communities:
• Wait longer for care at their local hospital
• Are likely to face longer waits in their local emergency room
• Are less likely to get hospital care and treatment at their local hospital
• Are less able to get the support of family and friends during their hospital stays
• Your local hospital cannot provide enough services to meet the needs of the growing population in your community

And you should know, that as an Ontarian living in a high growth community, you are not only being unfairly funded for your local hospital care but for all other health care services (which puts even more pressure on your local hospital)