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'So wrong' — Windsor patients billed extra for OHIP-covered eye surgeries

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Advocacy group calls for parties to make their stance on for-profit health clinics clear ahead of Feb. 27 election.

Ontario Health Coalition held media conferences in Ottawa , Toronto , London , and Windsor .

Advocates say patients are upsold and “extra-billed” into paying for medically unnecessary extras.

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