 The BC Health Coalition's Vote Public Health Care campaign resources are great tools for your work to make support for public health care a vote determining issue for candidates running in BC. Learn more and spread the word!
These resources are great for helping connect with others in your community. Bring them to all candidates' meetings and other community activities to raise the profile of public health care! 
Get your "Vote Medicare" Ribbon! If you are serious about protecting Medicare from for-profit interests, then you’ll want to put up a line that they cannot cross. Our “Vote Medicare” ribbon comes in rolls and can be put up like police tape – wherever and whenever you think this message needs to been seen. Its uses are limited only to the imagination! 
Order your "Vote Public Health Care" buttons! We've got these buttons in two sizes. On your bag, on your lapel or on your hat -- wear your number one issue between now and May 2 and encourage people to think about the candidate who will stand up for public health care. 
Order your BC Health Coalition "Vote Public Health Care" leaflets!Great for handing out at community events and all-candidates meetings, this full-colour four-page leaflet summarizes the three main health care issues for British Columbians this federal election. Questions for candidates included. DOWNLOAD  Order the Canadian Health Coalition's Election Primer
Put Health Care on the Ballot is a colourful four-page summary of the major issues that need to be addressed by candidates as the country prepares for the re-negotiation of the federal-provincial health accords in 2014. Contains personal stories and questions for candidates. DOWNLOAD Call the BCHC office at 604.681.7945 to order the above resources today! Downloadable Print Resources Available There is no shortage of evidence that public health care advocates can draw on to convince candidates and policy makers to support public health care. Download following reports and factsheets and learn more! BCHC members and regional groups: please contact the main office to order print copies. Party Platforms 2011 Federal Party health care platforms. Where do the parties stand on health care? We looked at the major parties' published platforms and how they relate to our priority issues, then compiled them in one easy-to-read document. DOWNLOAD Current Reports Eroding Public Medicare: BC Update 2010 (September 2010). Prepared by the BCHC, this report is an update of a groundbreaking 2008 national report that documented an explosion of private for-profit health facilities across the country that are jeopardizing the equality and fairness of our health care system.
 The Economic Case for Universal Pharmacare (August 2010). Published by the CCPA and Institut de recherche et d’informations socio-économiques, this report lays out the formula for a Pharmacare program that not only covers all Canadians, but could annually save up to $10.7 billon in spending. The report garnered the endorsement of eminent doctors, nurses, economists and researchers.
Residential Long Term Care in Canada: Our Vision for Better Seniors' Care (October 2009). Produced by the Canadian Union of Public Employees, this research paper documents the access and quality problems in residential long-term care, and their causes, urges governments and employers to improve seniors’ care and offers proven solutions.  An Uncertain Future for Seniors: BC’s Restructuring of Home and Community Health Care 2001-2008 builds on past CCPA studies. This report provides detailed evidence related to concerns raised recently by the BC Auditor General, the BC Medical Association and the BC Care Providers Association about the deteriorating state of seniors’ care in BC. (April 2009).
BCHC Fact SheetsThe Sustainablity Myth (PDF) -- May 2010
The Private Clinics' Legal Threat to Medicare (PDF) -- Nov 2010
Private, for-profit surgical clinics in BC (PDF) --Oct 2009
Private Health Insurance (PDF) --Oct 2009
The Canada Health Act (PDF) --Oct 2009Other Resources
Positive. Public. Ten Steps to Stronger Health Care The BC Health Coalition worked with experts, professionals and citizens to develop this report. Taking an extensive look at the challenges our system faces, it suggests positive, public solutions to ensure the sustainability of an equitable and accessible public health care system for generations to come. Why Wait? Public Solutions to Cure Surgical Waitlists Collaboration and cooperation — not competition — between health care providers is the key to reducing surgical wait times. Unfortunately, the for-profit clinic model will undermine many of the team-based approaches being piloted in BC. This April 2007 report, co-published by the BCHC and the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, clearly outlines the cure for long wait times. Defending Medicare: A Guide to Canadian Law and Regulation A CUPE research document based on a legal analysis by Steven Shrybman. From Support to Isolation This 2006 report from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives explores the transformation of home support services in BC during the past decade. The report examines the impact on home support workers and their clients, primarily frail seniors who often live alone and on low income. Report of the Federal Advisor (Dr. Brian Postl) on Wait Times This report provides a blueprint for this kind of national coordination and recommends fixing wait time problems by making changes within the public system.
The Romanow Report: The Romanow Commission’s 2002 report on the Future of Health Care in Canada provides an important guide for preserving and expanding Medicare today and for future generations. Myth Busters & Evidence Boost The Canadian Health Services Research Foundation’s “Myth Busters & Evidence Boost” web page contains a series of fact sheets that provide research and evidence about some of today’s major debates in health services management and policy. Visit these other websites for more excellent resources
www.healthcoalition.ca www.profitisnotthecure.ca www.policyalternatives.ca  Authorized by the Official Agent for the BC Health Coalition
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