Tag: SecondStreet.org

Provinces Should Collect Data on the Suffering of Patients on Health-Care Wait Lists, Says New Report

Provincial governments do not conduct analysis of the potential patient suffering that may occur while people are on long wait-lists for surgery or other medical care, according to new research. The findings were published in a policy brief on April 4 by SecondStreet.org, a think tank that examines government policies. The research was the result…


Advocates for Private Health Care Decry BC Court Decision to Uphold Public Health-Care Monopoly

Advocates for private health care say they’re disappointed in the B.C. Court of Appeal’s ruling against a constitutional challenge brought forward by a Vancouver surgical clinic, as they say patients are dying on wait-lists. Cambie Surgeries Corporation issued a constitutional challenge against two sections of B.C.’s Medical Protection Act that prevent doctors from billing patients…