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Apr 11, 20232 min read

My first week with SMYLS

The night before I went live, I met with my staff and went over the plan. We put our signs up in the waiting room, and signs up in the...

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Apr 5, 20232 min read

Supreme Court dismisses B.C. doctor's appeal in challenge over access to private health care

Decision ends Dr. Brian Day's 14-year legal battle to allow patients to go private if wait times are too long Canada's highest court will...

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Apr 3, 20232 min read

BC and Telus in Talks on Health Care Extra-Billing

Government’s injunction request on hold as ‘discussions’ with corporation continue. Telus and B.C.’s Medical Services Commission are...

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Mar 1, 20232 min read

Canada’s health care deal: A look at the numbers and the provinces on board so far

The federal government is injecting tens of billions of dollars into Canada’s struggling health care systems, but before they can acquire...

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Feb 28, 20231 min read

B.C. and Ottawa reach $27-billion health funding agreement

LANGLEY, B.C. — Millions in immediate federal funding will make a difference in the "acute situation" in British Columbia's hospitals,...

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Feb 20, 20232 min read

Corporate ownership of medical clinics raises worries, including privacy

Opinion: It may be too late for governments to regulate this quiet takeover of a key health-care sector Over the past decade or so, both...

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Feb 19, 20232 min read

B.C.’s changes to prescription rules have reduced family doctor calls

Starting Jan. 1, pharmacies can prescribe medication for these conditions at no cost to patients The number of British Columbians getting...

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Feb 8, 20232 min read

‘Hitting a wall’: Victoria doctor fed up after B.C. fails to pay her for an entire month

Dr. Emanuela Tura says B.C. didn’t pay her for January, MSP says it’s a ‘glitch’ A Victoria-based family doctor says the B.C. government...

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Jan 1, 20201 min read

Goodbye MSP premiums and single-use plastics: Several new laws take effect this year in B.C.

British Columbians will ring in the new year with no MSP premiums, tougher pollution rules, a hefty vaping tax, and a single-use plastics...

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