Updates

July 3, 2024 12:42 PM

Repeal the MSP 3-Month Wait Period, says BC’s Period Poverty Task Force

In March 2024, BC’s Period Poverty Task Force submitted its final report to the Minister of Social Development and Poverty Reduction. The report proposes sustainable approaches to period...

August 29, 2022 1:30 PM

BC needs to wind down contracting out of surgical and diagnostic procedures to for-profit clinics

Private surgeries and medical imaging are big business in BC. Over the last two decades, this for-profit sector has...

August 24, 2022 5:09 AM

New report: The concerning rise of corporate medicine

Public contracts with corporate clinics top $393 million over last six years, including surgical centres engaged in unlawful extra-billing

August 16, 2022 12:54 PM

BC Budget 2023 Report

The Select Standing Committee on Finance has made their recommendations for the 2023 BC Budget. The BCHC is cited several time in their health care recommendations. You can view the...

July 18, 2022 2:56 PM

An Update on the Cambie Appeal

Last week at the BC Court of Appeal a panel of three judges unanimously dismissed the appeal...

June 24, 2022 3:04 PM

Submission to the BC 2023 Budget Consultation

The BCHC was invited by the Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services in the BC Legislature to make a presentation regarding the Budget 2023 Consultation. In our presentation...

June 23, 2022 12:31 PM

Watch our 2022 General Meeting

On June 22 2022, the BCHC, member organizations, and over 50+ allied organizations came together to demand the BC government improve and expand publicly funded home care and end for-profit...

June 22, 2022 3:48 PM