About
The BC Health Coalition champions a strong public health care system that is there for all of us when we need it. We are a democratic, non-partisan, and consensus-based community of individuals and organizations that span the province of British Columbia. Together we advocate for evidence-based improvements to our public health care system, stimulate public education on health care issues, and drive positive change to our health care system through campaigns across the province.
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Our ongoing priorities include: defending public health care from legal attacks; advocating for improvements to home and long-term care services for seniors; producing research to advance evidence-based improvements to our public health care system; pushing for quality, accessible care before profit; and, advocating for team-based primary health care that is rooted in our communities. |
Our Campaigns and Advocacy
We run campaigns to strengthen and defend public health care. Check out our current work here. In the past, we have:
- Intervenors in the Cambie Surgeries case, preventing changes to the Canada Health Act and protecting Medicare
- Won legislation in B.C. to protect our public voluntary blood donation system
- Successfully advocated to scrap unfair MSP fees in BC by 2020
- Advocated for the creation of the office of the Seniors Advocate
- Won government commitment to real solutions to surgical and diagnostic wait times in B.C.
- Ran multiple election campaigns to encourage voters to support public health care champion candidates
- Advocated nationally for improvements to the public health system such as Pharmacare
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