The secret moves to increase private health care
By Bob Hepburn Star Columnist Wed., Jan. 9, 2019 ……..major financial interests in Toronto are quietly supporting a controversial lawsuit by Dr. Brian Day of Vancouver, founder of the private Cambie Surgery Centre, who has brought a constitution challenge to B.C.’s restriction to private health care. The case is now before the B.C. Supreme Court and is […]
Private health-care is all about doctor profits, federal lawyer tells B.C. court
Camille Bains · The Canadian Press · Posted: Nov 25, 2019 Plaintiffs ‘want to make steady money in the public system and then make more money [in the private system]’ Profit for doctors providing surgery in private clinics is at the heart of a trial that threatens to undermine Canada’s universal health-care system and its principles of equity and fairness […]
Thirteen things you need to know about the people trying to end Canadian health care as we know it.
PressProgress September 7, 2016 Meet the right-wing interests who have launched a constitutional challenge against Canada’s health care system. 1. AUTHORITIES FOUND “SIGNIFICANT EVIDENCE” DAY WAS ILLEGALLY BILLING PATIENTS Although Day claims his court challenge is all about his constitutional rights, it’s hard to overlook the influence of an audit that found “significant evidence” Day had […]
Careful, Canada: What Ireland has learned about two-tier health care
This column is an opinion by Steve Thomas, director of the Centre for Health Policy and Management at Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland. He has been studying the issue of privatization in Canada, is the author of a chapter on Canadian health care in the book ‘Is Two-Tier Health Care the Future?,’ and has collaborated with the University of […]
COVID-19 Has Exposed the Perils of ‘Financialized’ Seniors’ Care
The pandemic has highlighted worse outcomes and more deaths in for-profit care homes. Martine August 29 Jul 2020 | The Conversation CanadaMartine August is an assistant professor in the school of planning at the University of Waterloo in Kitchener, Ont. This article originally appeared in the Conversation Canada. A report by Canada’s military revealed horrifying conditions, short staffing and […]
Surgical backlog must not be fixed at the expense of the healthcare system
August 4, 2020 Authors: Lesley Barron, Thara Kumar As we breathe a tentative sigh of relief that COVID-19 numbers are stabilizing, the ripple effects of the pandemic are becoming more apparent. Thousands of surgical procedures were cancelled when hospitals adjusted operations to brace for the wave of COVID-19 patients. Now, as governments grapple with this backlog, some have […]
US doctor in Canada: Medicare for All would have made America’s COVID response much better
America needs a health care system that puts public health ahead of profits. I know we can do better. I see it everyday in Canada amid the coronavirus.Dr. Khati Hendry Opinion contributor Published August 5, 2020 I’m a family physician who moved to Canada from California 14 years ago, largely because of Canadian Medicare, the country’s national health […]
Judge’s decision expected in constitutional challenge of B.C.’s Medicare Protection Act
ANDREA WOOVANCOUVER September 9, 2020 A decision is expected Thursday in a marathon legal battle that could change the future of Canada’s health care system. B.C. Supreme Court Justice John Steeves is expected to release his judgment in a constitutional challenge of key provisions of B.C.’s Medicare Protection Act, four years after the matter landed […]
Judge rules against private care for patients as four-year B.C. trial challenging universal health system end
Sep 11, 2020 [Excerpts] Dr. Brian Day had argued patients have a constitutional right to pay for private care when wait times in the public system are too long Justice John Steeves of the Supreme Court of British Columbia said in a written ruling after a four-year trial that Day and other plaintiffs failed to show patients’ […]
A Family Doctor Prescription Fixing Primary Care
The rise of corporate health-care providers in British Columbia is worrying, says Jeanette Boyd, president of the BC College of Family Physicians. But she says it really needs to be recognized as a symptom of a deeper disease. Andrew MacLeod 14 Sep 2020 | TheTyee.caAndrew MacLeod is The Tyee’s Legislative Bureau Chief in Victoria and the author of All […]