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- Published on Thursday, 03 November 2016 11:45
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Dear Paov -- 
Thank you for supporting our campaign to make sure all BC babies
have health coverage!
After hundreds of people sent messages
and shared the campaign on social media, this campaign was featured on
the front page of The Province on Monday.
Then,
the BC MSP office reached out to Sanctuary Health and asked to meet as
soon as possible.
On Tuesday, we met with the leadership of BC MSP and Pharmaceutical Services. They agreed that all BC-born babies deserve and are eligible for health coverage under MSP.
They also said the parents’ immigration status shouldn't be a barrier to an infant getting coverage and confirmed that their office does not share registration information with the Canada Border Services Agency. This... last piece is a huge relief - it means that families can register their children without fearing deportation.
The MSP office said they would work with Sanctuary
Health to make sure babies who had previously had their
applications rejected would get coverage. They also committed to
eliminating the whatever registration barriers had been preventing
these babies from getting MSP coverage so that no family faces
rejection in the future.
We need to confirm that the
registration barriers have been lifted for future applicants - then
we'll know for sure whether this issue has been resolved. However, we
are cautiously hopeful that for some BC families, life is about to get
a whole lot easier.
One thing is certain though - none of this would have happened without the support of people like you! Thank you!
With gratitude,
Sanctuary Health and the BC Health
Coalition
British Columbia Health Coalition · 3102 Main St, 302,
Vancouver, Unceded Coast Salish Territories, BC V5T 3G7, Canada
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