news release May 14, 2019 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE INTERVENOR WITNESS TAKES THE STAND IN CAMBIE CASE Marie-Claude Prémont provides expert evidence on the dangers of dismantling public health care legislation…Read More
Counsel for Attorney General of Canada opens with argument that striking down public health care law would “turn back the clock” on health care in Canada, lead to major health inequality April 16, 2019 (Vancouver) For the first time since the trial began in 2016, the BC Supreme Court will hear from defendants and intervenors in the constitutional challenge to Canadian public health care launched by private, for-profit clinic CEO Brian Day.…Read More
For immediate release (Unceded Coast Salish Territories - Vancouver, BC) On Friday, July 6th, Brian Day’s private, for-profit clinic Cambie Surgeries filed an injunction application to stop the province’s enforcement law against extra-billing, the Medicare Protection Amendment Act (Bill 92), from coming into force on October 1st, 2018. In addition to the increased enforcement measures, the province committed to completing thousands of more surgeries and diagnostic tests in the public system in order to alleviate wait times.…Read More
B.C. and Quebec top the list for illegal billing Vancouver – Surveys of hundreds of private health clinics and patients across Canada reveal that extra user-fees amounting to hundreds or thousands of dollars are threatening access to health care and hurting patients. A new cross-Canada study includes survey results of 136 private hospital, diagnostic and “boutique” physician clinics across Canada and almost 400 individual Ontario patients. Clinics and patients were asked about extra user-charges for needed health care services. …Read More
Update on the trial that will decide if Canada will soon have a US-style health care system. Guest speaker Rick Turner, Co-Chair of the BC Health Coalition, will provide an update the critical Medicare versus private health care court case currently at the BC Supreme Court. Sponsored by the Society for the Protection and Care of Seniors and USWA Local #480 and Local #9705 …Read More
Community First Health Coop in Nelson is bringing in guest speaker Rick Turner, Co-Chair of the BC Health Coalition, to update the critical Medicare versus private health care court case currently at the BC Supreme Court. Rick Turner’s talk will be followed by refreshments and the Annual General Meeting of Community First Health Co-op. Sponsored by Community First Health Co-op Nelson Area Society for Health (NASH) Nelson Chapter of the Council of Canadians. …Read More
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Health Care Advocates Welcome Federal Intervention in Cambie Case VANCOUVER (April 13) – Dr. Brian Day’s campaign to dismantle Canadian public health care was dealt a significant blow today as counsel for the Attorney General of Canada presented their intention to intervene in Cambie Surgical Centre et al. v. Medical Services Commission et al (Cambie Case) in BC Supreme Court.…Read More
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (.pdf version) OTTAWA—As early as November 2015, the British Columbia Supreme Court will begin hearing a challenge to the provincial Medicare Protection Act (MPA) that, if successful, will impact all Canadians in every province and territory, says a report released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA).…Read More
After almost 1,500 people sent messages calling on the BC Government to protect patients and strengthen public health care, MLA Judy Darcy raised these concerns in the legislature. Learn more about the Dr. Day case and about wait list solutions that don't involve privatization. …
Jim Day | The Guardian Mary Boyd is keeping a keen eye on a constitutional challenge of British Columbia’s ban on private health care. She fears if the challenge, launched by former Canadian Medical Association president Dr. Brian Day, is successful, the ramifications will be felt across Canada, including P.E.I.…Read More