HOOPP & Healthcare
A period of change is underway in Ontario’s healthcare environment. Among the recent changes are:
- emergence of Local Health Integration Networks (LHINs),
which will see the co-ordination of health services move
to a community-based system
- development of 150 Family Health Teams, intended to
provide “one stop shopping” for patients with
a focus on caring with/preventing chronic diseases while
promoting better health
- province is placing more emphasis than ever on health promotion, as well as alternative service delivery models, such as “e-health” – medical consultation via the Internet
HOOPP has already responded to many of these changes. For example, all of the new LHINs participate in HOOPP.
We’re taking steps to ensure that members can continue to belong to HOOPP, even as their employment relationships change. And we are reaching out to new organizations, to ensure they understand the value of offering HOOPP to their employees.
We continue to monitor changes in the healthcare environment, keeping an eye on developments and trends that could impact you – our members, pensioners and employers. With that in mind, HOOPP took part in the 2007 Ontario Expert Commission on Pensions, asking the province to consider some changes in legislation that might be beneficial to members of multi-employer pension plans like HOOPP. Here are the highlights of our submission.
If you have questions about the impact of specific restructuring on your pension or would like information on becoming a HOOPP employer contact us.
As the healthcare environment changes, it’s important to remember that HOOPP is here for you – a valuable pension benefit you can count on in these changing times. After all, we’ve been providing pension services to health care employees since 1960.
