Your monthly update from the BC Health Coalition
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Your November 2023 monthly update from
the
BC Health Coalition
UPDATE
Town Hall Report-back: Sticking up for public health care
Many thanks to the amazing panelists and moderator who participated in our town hall! From left to right: Dr. Kelvin Bei, Leslie Gaudette, Lisa Akinyi May, Nikolas Barry-Shaw, Dr. Lindsay Hedden, Dr. Rita McCracken, and Ronnie Nicolarosa.
On November 20, the BC Health Coalition held the Sticking Up For Public Health Care Townhall. We gathered with health care workers, patients, seniors, researchers, and the public for a deep-dive into the cautionary tales about privatization and the public solutions that will save our health care system.
The event was co-sponsored by our partners at Canadian Doctors for Medicare and the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives BC Office. It featured panelists from the Council... of Canadians, the Council of Senior Citizens Organizations of BC, Simon Fraser University, Rise Community Health Centre, the University of British Columbia, and the Hospital Employees Union. These panelists represented health care researchers, front-line health care workers, seniors, and health care advocates.
Click here to read our report-back, including a summary of speakers' remarks, panel discussions, and our call to action.
ACTION
Write a letter to the Canadian Medical Association in support of public health care
On November 23rd, a delegation of BC Health Coalition members attended The Globe and Mail's "Public-Private Health Care" Vancouver Town Hall. The event, sponsored by the Canadian Medical Association, is part of a cross-country series spreading a misleading narrative about the "right balance" of private health care. Our delegation sported I stick up for public health care stickers, presented evidence in question periods, distributed flyers about privatization myths and public solutions, and hosted a press conference following the event.
Join us in letting the Canadian Medical Association know your concerns about their role in normalizing health care privatization. We've created an easy-to-use letter-writing tool with a template letter to make it easy for you to contact the CMA's leadership. We need medical leaders who are well-versed in the evidence about the risks of profit-driven care. Click here to call on the CMA to use their influence to advance public solutions instead.
WATCH & LEARN
Campaign Call for long-term care funding reform
Over 200 people & organizations representing thousands of seniors, their families, and workers joined our virtual Campaign Call on October 31 to show their public support for funding reform in long-term care. Click here to watch the recording.
We were grateful to hear from BC Seniors Advocate, Isobel Mackenzie on her latest report reviewing long-term care. Her report shows that for-profit long-term care operators are making record profits while under-delivering care hours at alarming rates, and British Columbians – whether residents, family members of residents, or workers in long-term care homes - are paying for it.
Over 2000 of our supporters have signed up to send Minister of Health Adrian Dix a postcard showing our support for funding reform in long-term care. If you are participating, you can expect a postcard in the mail and instructions on next steps soon!
Public Health News, Updates & Resources
Every voice counts: Long-term care resident and visitor survey results | BC Seniors Advocate The second province-wide survey of 10,000 residents and almost 8,000 family members shows there has been little improvement in areas such as frequency of bathing, help at mealtimes, meaningful activities, engagement with staff and other residents and the overall ratings of quality remain relatively unchanged.
Canada's new mental health crisis hotline BC Health Coalition steering committee member Stacy Ashton of the Crisis Centre of BC speaks to Global News about the launch of 988, the new national crisis hotline.
Rutland's healthcare services just got more accessible Two new health centres opened this month to provide team-based care for the Rutland community, including a not-for-profit Community Health Centre to be community governed by Okanagan Family Medicine and the Community Health Centre Society.
Doug Ford government paying for-profit clinic more than hospitals for OHIP-covered surgeries Mike Crawley reports the same surgeries performed by the same surgeons are costing the public up to three times in costs, raising questions about plans to do more surgeries outside of public hospitals.
Leaked UCP proposal to drastically restructure Alberta Health Services Friends of Medicare break down the massive restructuring public health care planned for Alberta and how it will open the door for further privatization.
Ceasefire Now An ad hoc coalition of humanitarian, civil society, faith, and labour organizations is calling for an immediate ceasefire in Israel-Palestine.
BC facility HEU workers ratify deal Workers at Good Samaritan Canada in Vernon, Penticton, and Salmon Arm won a new contract that prevents contracting out, offers improved benefits, and embeds protections to wages currently subsidized by the province.
Debunking the myths about for-profit health care Dr. Saad Ahmed, board member of Canadian Doctors of Medicare, speaks to Redeye about the truths behind the myths of privatization.
Liberals say pharmacare legislation won't be passed this year The NDP says they could waive the deadline in exchange for "more results".
Donate nowDonations by cheque can be made out to BC Health Coalition and mailed to BC Health Coalition 302-3102 Main Street Vancouver BC V5T 3G7. Or you can give monthly by cheque.
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