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Published on Saturday, 01 November 2014 02:22
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PAOV,
Over 1,550 of us have
sent messages to the BC Government this month asking them to protect patients and public health care from for-profit clinics.

Now, thanks to the ongoing efforts of people like you, the government is starting to show that they’re paying attention.
Last week, Opposition Health Critic Judy Darcy raised your concerns in a private member’s statement in the Legislature, calling on the government to hold Brian Day’s clinics accountable for breaking the law.[1]

Yesterday, in response to further questions from Darcy, Minister of Health Terry Lake revealed that the government is now auditing other for-profit clinics in BC:
“We are auditing and have audited some private clinics that we feel have broken the statutes of the Canada Health Act and, provincially, the Medicare Protection Act,” said Lake.[2]
Our community has been pushing for further audits of private clinics in BC, and this is an important development. Audits are a good first step towards bringing for profit clinics into alignment with health care law and ensuring that patients are protected. We suspect dozens of clinics are in violation of these laws. [3]

Momentum is building thanks to you. You’ve pushed the government to mount a strong defence of medicare in court, helped exert public pressure that has made Dr. Brian Day back away from his legal challenge for now, and motivated the government to audit more BC private clinics.

We’ll keep in touch as this unfolds. Thank you for your action and dedication in support of public health care.



Rick Turner
BC Health Coalition, co-chair

P.S. Youth health care advocates on the #healthcare4all team at Check Your Head, an awesome BCHC coalition member organization, created these fun and festive #monsters4medicare! Have a safe and Happy Halloween!
Sources:
[1] MLA Judy Darcy raises the Dr. Day Case in a private member's statement
[2] MLA Terry Lake responds about auditing private clinics in question period
[3] Eroding Public Medicare: Update on for-profit healthcare in BC.


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