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Home and Community Care: Saves money. Saves lives.

 

 

Send a Message to Health Minister de Jong and call on the province to scrap fees for hospital services!

Following a policy change in January of this year, the Ministry of Health Services quietly directed health authorities to bill patients who need hospital care to recover from illness or injury $29.40 per day.

Health authorities began to impose the fees over the spring and summer. These core hospital services had previously been provided free of charge as required by the Canada Health Act.

These fees unfairly penalize patients during their recovery, many of whom are likely to be elderly and suffer from chronic health conditions. In addition to the daily fees, which total almost $900 per month, many will also have to pay the costs of maintaining their homes where they hope to return after their hospital stay.

The BCHC is calling on the government to scrap patients fees for convalescent care and instead address the costs of hospital services by investing in home and community care services to reduce pressure on the acute care system.

 

Step 1 - Your Message to Minister Mike de Jong goes here: (feel free to write in your own words)

 

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cc:     
Hon. Christy Clark, Premier
 Adrian Dix, BC Leader of the Opposition
 Mike Farnworth, MLA, Critic for Health

 

 

 

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