CHARBONNEAU – Doctors’ pay model wasn’t always broken
WHILE DOCTORS weren’t happy with Medicare at first, they eventually approved of the pay model. Doctors went on strike in Saskatchewan when Medicare was first enacted in [Continue]
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IN THE LEDGE – Royal Inland nurses ‘under immense stress and pressure’
Excerpts from Question Period in the B.C. Legislature on Monday, May 2, 2022. T. Stone: Only in NDP land would they say that presiding over an increase of 200,000 British [Continue]
COLLINS – Family medicine is almost a thing of the past
ALMOST ONE MILLION PEOPLE in our province are without a family doctor. That’s one in five people who don’t have primary care. No one they can reach out to, to look after [Continue]
FORSETH – How does cutting health services equate to better patient care?
HEALTHCARE IN RURAL and small-town B.C. is coming apart at the seams, and the NDP government of Premier John Horgan, and in particular Health Minister Adrian Dix, are letting [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – All I want is a good death. Is that too much to ask?
LIKE MOST CANADIANS, I’d like to die in my home surrounded by friends and family. Canadians consistently indicate that is their preference, about 85 per cent of the [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – Doctors’ cozy club limits our health care system
CANADA DOESN’T HAVE a shortage of doctors; we have a closed shop that prevents foreign-trained doctors from practicing. The medical establishment prevents them from [Continue]
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