Updates
November 29, 2023 11:18 AM
Report back: Sticking Up for Public Health Care Townhall
Our health care system is in crisis. We’re in urgent need of reform, innovation, and brave conversations about what the future must look like for public health care. We can’t...
April 19, 2024 2:07 PM
Come Work With Us!
April 17, 2024 9:55 AM
Lunch N' Learn: It's time to end extra-billing
April 4, 2024 12:17 PM
Thank You to Isobel Mackenzie, BC's first Seniors Advocate
The BC Health Coalition Steering Committee extends our best wishes and deepest thanks to Isobel Mackenzie after 10 years as British Columbia's first Seniors Advocate.
April 4, 2024 11:23 AM
Lunch N' Learn: Community-driven primary care solutions
In this first session of Visions and Solutions, a BC Health Coalition Lunch n’ Learn series, we dig deep into the vision for community-governed primary care....
February 15, 2024 11:20 AM
All hands on deck for pharmacare!
We've learned from the recent Canadian Health Coalition lobby in Ottawa that federal Pharmacare legislation could be coming as early...
February 7, 2024 4:00 PM
General Meeting: Listening Campaign Kick-off
On February 7th, BC Health Coalition members gathered virtually to launch our 2024 Organizing Strategy and Listening Campaign. Here's...
January 17, 2024 9:36 AM
Putting primary care out for corporate bid
In December, the Ministry of Health issued a “request for proposals” for 1.5 million virtual doctor or nurse practitioner visits in British Columbia, according to a report by CTV...
January 17, 2024 9:27 AM
New long-term care funding model to be contracted out to private firm
Our team just learned that the Ministry of Health has taken a concerning approach that could embed for-profit interests in its new long-term care funding model. In a recent request...
January 15, 2024 9:42 AM
British Columbians support funding reform in long-term care
We need funding reform in long-term care to ensure public funds are used for care, not profit!
Minister Dix and the BC government have taken valuable and important steps to...
December 14, 2023 11:59 AM
Report back from the 2023 AGM
The BCHC's 2023 Annual General Meeting took place on December 13. Watch a recording of the AGM if you missed it.