November 23, 2023 7:00 AM

Health Coalition calls on Canadian Medical Association to follow the evidence, not profit, by recommitting to an improved public health care system

[(Vancouver] November 23, 2023 - Today, the Canadian Medical Association (CMA) is hosting a town hall at the Vancouver Convention Centre to discuss public-private health care partnerships as part...

October 31, 2023 6:00 AM

Seniors, workers, and health care advocates join together to support funding reform in long-term care

[Vancouver] October 31, 2023 – Today at 2 pm, organizations representing thousands of seniors, their families, workers in long-term care, and health care advocates across B.C. will be coming together...

July 10, 2023 4:50 PM

Health coalitions call on Prime Minister Trudeau to rein in privatization of health care by premiers

Winnipeg (Treaty No. 1 Territory), July 10, 2023 - As Canada’s provincial and territorial premiers meet, Health Coalitions across Canada are calling on Prime Minister Trudeau...

April 6, 2023 7:30 AM

Supreme Court of Canada upholds BC Supreme Court's landmark decision protecting public health care

Thursday, April 6, 2023 — Today, the Supreme Court of Canada dismissed Cambie Surgeries Corporation’s (CSC) attempt to overturn previous decisions made by BC’s courts that upheld the BC Medicare Protection...

February 28, 2023 2:53 PM

BC 2023 Budget continues crucial investment in public health care services

Vancouver, February 28, 2023 - The BC Health Coalition is encouraged to see the government’s increased health care investments in the 2023 provincial budget. Without increased investment, the public health care...

February 8, 2023 12:44 PM

Canadian Health Transfers present an opportunity for BC to expand investment in the public health care system

Vancouver, February 8, 2023 - Today, a coalition of public health care advocates are calling on Premier David Eby to ensure Canadian Health Transfers (CHT) are invested into the public health...

December 16, 2022 9:49 AM

Health Coalitions warn health funding without strings is not in the public interest

Ottawa, December 16, 2022 - Federal health dollars must come with accountability and national standards. As Canada’s premiers and the federal NDP ramp up the pressure on the Trudeau government, Health Coalitions...

September 20, 2022 1:29 PM

Health Coalitions denounce for-profit deal by Canadian Blood Services that endangers Canada’s Blood Supply

VANCOUVER (unceded Traditional Coast Salish Lands of the Squamish, Tsleil-Waututh, and Musqueam Nations) - Canada’s provincial and territorial Health Coalitions and the Canadian Health Coalition call for the resignation of...

August 24, 2022 4:09 AM

Nearly $400 million in public funds flowed to for-profit surgical and diagnostic clinics in BC over the last six years, new research reveals

— Surgical centres engaged in unlawful extra-billing among those thatbenefited from government outsourcing — (VANCOUVER) Health authority contracts with for-profit surgical and diagnostic imaging clinics topped $393 million...

July 11, 2022 7:07 AM

Canada's Health Coalitions Call For New Health Accord

Canada's Health Coalitions...