Why are we letting corporate medicine take hold in Vancouver’s new urgent care centres?
[Excerpt] May 23, 2019 – By Alex HemingwaySeymour Health received nearly $2 million from Vancouver Coastal Health to renovate their UPCC property. The health authority appears to have used public dollars to enhance a privately owned real estate asset.Instead of inviting in these for-profit firms, why isn’t Vancouver Coastal Health running the UPCCs and other […]
New, privatized health clinic will weaken public system: analyst
Seymour Health Centre given $7 million contract by Vancouver Coastal Health to operate care centreMay 23, 2019 By: Graeme Wood [Excerpt] The privatization of a new health clinic by Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) is “deeply concerning on a number of levels,” according to government policy analyst Alex Hemingway of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. A […]
Quebec’s winter clinics far from the panacea promised by health minister.
AARON DERFEL, Updated: January 27, 2020Andrea Mendell, nursing an infected cut on her lower lip, arrived 20 minutes before the Queen Elizabeth Urgent Care Clinic opened its doors at 8 a.m. to make sure she wouldn’t have to wait too long to see a doctor. But Mendell, a high school teacher from Côte-St-Luc, was stunned to […]
What is an Urgent and Primary Care Centre? Ministry of Health
Overview What is an Urgent and Primary Care Centre? Urgent and Primary Care Centres (UPCCs) are an important piece of our primary and community care strategy. They were first introduced to the province in 2018, with the creation of five new UPCCs in the West Shore (Langford), Vancouver, Quesnel, Surrey and Kamloops. The goal of […]
Opinion: Community health centres needed to improve primary care in B.C.
Opinion: Community health centres needed to improve primary care in B.C. Survey data show the percentage of British Columbians who have a regular health care provider is significantly lower than the Canadian average Dr. Rita McCracken, Dr. Mei-ling Wiedmeyer, Ruth Lavergne Publishing date:Apr 01, 2019 • April 1, 2019 For many British Columbians who don’t have a regular […]
A Welcome Second Chance for BC Medicare Protection
This article points out a few aspects that are not often talked about. For every dollar of extra billing by a private for profit clinic, the federal government claws back an equal amount from its cash transfers. In 2015-16, that amount was $15.9 million, enough for 53,000 MRIs. So effectively, we all pay for the […]
July 10, 2019 Cambie Case Update – BCHC
July 10, 2019 Cambie Case Update – BCHC Download
Advocates demand end to extra billing, upset over 15.9 million federal claw back
Advocates demand end to extra billing, upset over 15.9 million federal claw back
Charter challenge issue strike at the heart of the priniciples of medicare
KELLY GRANT HEALTH REPORTER NOVEMBER 14, 2019 Universal health care on trial: What you need to know about a historic Charter challenge in B.C.For a decade, surgeon Brian Day has been fighting to undo laws barring patients from paying for medical care at private clinics like his. Here’s a primer on how the case came to […]
China Caring for our Seniors
CASTANET Colin Dacre – May 26, 2018 The Summerland Seniors Village is one of 21 B.C. facilities owned by Retirement Concepts, a company purchased by China’s Anbang Insurance for $1B last year. In February, the Chinese government seized control of the company and jailed its CEO for fraud. Central Okanagan MP Dan Albas says he’s heard from family […]