State of BC Health Care

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Your August 2024 monthly update from the
BC Health Coalition

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This October 2024, help ensure a win for public health care.

If you are a BC Health Coalition individual member or part of a member organization, join us for a members-only reveal of our health care solutions platform, elections guide, and voter education plan. Come strategize on how we can work together to identify candidates who will commit to championing real health care solutions. If you aren't a member yet, sign up for a membership before registering! REGISTER HERE

UPDATES

These Canadian provinces tried fixing wait times using private clinics, and failed

Canadians all want shorter wait times for medical services like diagnostic imaging, surgeries and cancer treatment.

A recent poll by Environics Research for the Canadian Health Coalition shows... that British Columbians are split on the old debate of whether privatizing parts of the healthcare system might help us get there. 48 percent think it wouldn’t help, and 40 percent at least somewhat agree it might.

Thankfully, we have no shortage of evidence to help us resolve the debate. Three Canadian provinces have recently tried relying on the private sector to improve wait times within a publicly-funded system. They’ve all ended up proving that this approach is worse for patients. READ MORE

In the news: BC Health Coalition responds to BC Conservative's hybrid public-private proposal

Director of Policy and Campaigns, Ayendri Riddell, explains that private clinics will not increase BC's surgical capacity. “When you fold private health care into a universal system there are no more hours, no more services being provided... services just shift to most profitable patients.” READ MORE

UPCOMING EVENTS

We're hitting the road! Come find us at an event near you.

Nanaimo Blues Festival, August 8-11

Vernon "Downtown Sounds", August 15 from 6:00pm - 7:30pm

Kamloops Farmers Market, August 17 from 8:30am - 12:30pm

Burnaby Labour Day Picnic at Edmonds Park, September 2 from 11:30am - 3:00pm

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Public Health News, Updates & Resources

Letter: Dialysis treatment – from Mirror Lake to Trail three times per week When I was told I was sick, it was a shock. But when I was told I had to move to Trail, it was a worse shock. I tried living in Trail, but I couldn’t stand it.

Don't let the chaos of private health care become the norm, say researchers Private health care providers are blurring the lines when it comes to the outsourcing and payment of health care, to the detriment of patients and health care workers, say researchers studying health care privatization in Canada.

Private equity and health care: should Canadians be concerned? Around the world, private equity firms have become more active in owning health-care companies. In Canada, they own long-term care facilities and increasing numbers of for-profit surgical centres. The largest national network of independent surgical centres – made up of 53 operating rooms spread across 14 cities in Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and B.C. – are owned by a single private equity firm, nearly a monopoly.

Changing the face of long-term care How families and resident councils are taking hold of ‘a power we didn’t have before.

How to fix the staffing crisis in Manitoba's health-care systemA new report from the MGEU union details steps that can be taken to ensure patients get the care they deserve.

No longer an official emergency, COVID remains a crisis Experts say the evolving virus still poses a serious threat to British Columbians.

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