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B.C. health minister applauds ruling on private medical …

(8 days ago) WebThe decision by B.C.’s top court to uphold the ban on private health care was heralded as a “great victory” by the province’s health minister but critics say the government has not come up

https://vancouversun.com/news/bc-health-minister-applauds-ruling-on-private-medical-clinics-but-critics-say-case-highlights-gaps-in-system

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B.C. Supreme Court rules against private healthcare in …

(5 days ago) WebCourt ruling on private healthcare challenge – Sep 10, 2020. The B.C. Supreme court has ruled private healthcare is not a constitutional right if wait times are too long in a years-long case

https://globalnews.ca/news/7326893/bc-supreme-court-ruling-private-public-healthcare/

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B.C.’s top court upholds dismissal of private health care …

(2 days ago) WebKylie Stanton reports. – Jul 15, 2022. The B.C. Court of Appeal has unanimously upheld a lower court’s dismissal of a Vancouver surgeon’s challenge of the Medicare Protection Act, saying

https://globalnews.ca/news/8993128/b-c-s-top-court-upholds-dismissal-of-private-health-care-challenge/

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Doctor's appeal over right to pay for private health …

(Just Now) WebB.C. Supreme Court Justice John J. Steeves dismissed the challenge in September 2020 in a judgment that ran more than 800 pages. He said he saw nothing to suggest unrestrained private health care

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/cambie-surgeries-case-trial-court-of-appeal-judgment-1.6521746

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Top court’s refusal to hear private healthcare ban appeal …

(3 days ago) WebThe head of a private surgical clinic in Vancouver has come out swinging against the Supreme Court of Canada for its refusal to hear an appeal of British Columbia’s ban on private surgical coverage.

https://globalnews.ca/news/9607970/brian-day-private-health-reaction-supreme-court/

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British Columbia Supreme Court Rules Against Expansion …

(7 days ago) WebThe case raised issues about the constitutionality of restricting the ability of British Columbia residents to pay privately for medically necessary health care services as an alternative to, and in the face of, long wait times in the public health care system. Cambie Surgeries Corporation v. British Columbia [1] was first filed in 2009. The

https://www.fasken.com/en/knowledge/2020/09/21-BC-Supreme-Court-Rules-Against-Expansion-Private-Health-Care

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Epic court battle over private health care rages in B.C.

(3 days ago) WebThe court has been asked to rule on two questions: Whether to allow private insurers in B.C. to pay for services available under the public health system. Whether doctors can charge privately for

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/cambie-surgeries-healthcare-canada-public-vs-private-system-bc-dr-brian-day-1.3977566

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BC Court of Appeal upholds ruling in private health care …

(Just Now) WebIn a blow to those pushing for private health care, B.C.’s highest court has upheld a B.C. Supreme Court ruling against the Cambie Surgeries Corporation. The owner of the Vancouver-based private surgery centre, Dr. Brian Day, had argued the province’s Medicare Protection Act violates patients’ constitutional rights, but the BC Court of

https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2022/07/15/bc-private-health-care-appeal-decision/

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Private Vancouver clinic loses constitutional challenge …

(6 days ago) WebThe B.C. Supreme Court has dismissed a years-long court challenge of public health-care rules in B.C. that claimed the province's health-care system denies patients the right to timely care. The

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/cambie-surgeries-case-trial-decision-bc-supreme-court-2020-1.5718589

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BC private health-care case: Appeal court upholds decision

(6 days ago) WebThe B.C. Court of Appeal has upheld a judgment that an extra-billing and private insurance ban in the medical system does not violate charter rights. They do not explicitly prohibit private health care but effectively prevent the emergence of a duplicative private health-care system in British Columbia by (1) making a private parallel

https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/highlights/bc-public-health-care-system-upheld-in-landmark-court-decision-5587313

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BC court decision on private health care is inconsistent and should …

(6 days ago) WebLike in those three cases, patients in British Columbia are being indirectly harmed by the government’s prohibition of actions individuals may take to ameliorate their own conditions. Here, the prohibition at issue is the provisions of the Medicare Protection Act, which amount to a ban on private health care. When the government system is

https://policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/september-2020/bc-court-decision-on-private-health-care-is-inconsistent-and-should-be-appealed/

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B.C. Court of Appeal upholds ban on private healthcare clinics

(9 days ago) WebThe B.C. Court of Appeal’s three justices were unanimous that B.C.’s ban on doctors’ extra-billing and limits to private health insurance don’t violate the Constitution but acknowledged that people are suffering and dying from waiting too long for necessary medical care. The case was brought by Dr. Brian Day of the Cambie Surgery Centre and argued that …

https://nbhc.ca/health-in-the-news/bc-court-appeal-upholds-ban-private-healthcare-clinics

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Restrictions on private health insurance - British Columbia Medical …

(5 days ago) WebThis month, Justice John Steeves’ 2020 BC Supreme Court decision supporting government restrictions on private health insurance and physicians’ dual practice will face a judicial review by the BC Court of Appeal. This appeal will rely almost exclusively on the evidence at trial, focusing on errors in law by the trial judge.

https://bcmj.org/editorials/restrictions-private-health-insurance

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Landmark health care case spotlights problems of a profit-centred

(6 days ago) WebA progressive take on BC issues. Canadian and international evidence demonstrates that private, for-profit delivery of surgical and diagnostic services is more expensive than non-profit delivery, risks lower quality care and patient safety and destabilizes the public system by drawing on the same pool of limited health …

https://www.policynote.ca/private-health-care/

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BC Must Hold For-Profit Health Clinics Accountable The Tyee

(9 days ago) WebThe Tyee is supported by readers like you. More than $393 million in public funds was paid to private surgical and medical imaging clinics over the six-year period from 2015 to 2020 for contracted

https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2022/08/29/BC-Must-Hold-For-Profit-Health-Clinics-Accountable/

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B.C. moves to ban drug use in public spaces, taking more - BC …

(1 days ago) WebB.C.’s three-year exemption under section 56 (1) of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act to decriminalize people who use drugs was first requested on Nov. 1, 2021, and enacted on Jan. 31, 2023. Since 2017, the Province has opened 600 publicly funded substance-use treatment beds throughout B.C. Since 2019, the Province has invested …

https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2024PREM0021-000643

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B.C. health-care crisis: Bigger bureaucracy - CTV News Vancouver

(2 days ago) WebPublished June 14, 2023 7:49 p.m. PDT. Share. British Columbia’s health-care bureaucracy is growing while the front line thins, prompting fresh calls for attention to physician recommendations

https://bc.ctvnews.ca/b-c-health-care-crisis-bigger-bureaucracy-longer-waits-and-calls-for-an-overhaul-1.6441832

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B.C.'s COVID vaccine mandate for health-care workers survives …

(9 days ago) WebPublished May 15, 2024 12:12 p.m. PDT. Share. B.C.'s ongoing mandate that health-care workers be vaccinated against COVID-19 survived a legal challenge this week, though the judge in the case

https://bc.ctvnews.ca/b-c-s-covid-vaccine-mandate-for-health-care-workers-survives-court-challenges-1.6888431

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Canada Re-Criminalizes Public Drug Use in British Columbia

(5 days ago) WebEugenia Oviedo-Joekes, a professor in the medical school at the University of British Columbia who studies addiction and public health policy, said the decision amounted to “three steps back

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/07/world/canada/british-columbia-public-drug-use.html

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BC Supreme Court rules in favour of COVID-19 vaccination …

(2 days ago) WebHealth-care workers who pushed back against being forced to get vaccinated against COVID-19 or face losing their jobs have lost in the BC Supreme Court. In a ruling released Monday, presiding judge Justice Simon R. Coval says the provincial health officer was right in mandating COVID-19 vaccinations for health-care workers.

https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2024/05/14/bc-supreme-court-covid-19-health-care-worker-vaccine-mandate/

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B.C. launches concrete actions to keep kids safe, healthy - BC Gov …

(1 days ago) WebThat’s why we are taking action to protect kids from the threats posed by online predators and the impacts of social media companies.”. The announcement includes three concrete actions to keep kids and young adults safe: restricting the use of cellphones in schools; launching services to remove images from the internet and pursue predators

https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2024PREM0004-000088

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$393M in contracts given to private health-care clinics in B.C. over …

(1 days ago) WebHe said health authorities contracted $27.2 million to private clinics in 2021 — 0.23 per cent of the $11.8 billion health authorities spent in total over the same period.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/ccpa-report-health-care-contracts-1.6561119

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Premier’s statement on cybersecurity incidents BC Gov News

(1 days ago) WebVictoria. Premier David Eby has released the following statement regarding cybersecurity incidents: “Recently, the Government of B.C. has identified sophisticated cybersecurity incidents involving government networks. “The government is working closely with the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security (Cyber Centre) and other agencies to

https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2024PREM0033-000713

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B.C. introduces legislation to stop protests at schools, hospitals

(2 days ago) WebDoctors of BC supports measures to make our health-care facilities safer and free from intimidation, harassment and abuse.” More on Health These forms of cancer are expected to grow in 2024.

https://globalnews.ca/news/8375569/bc-legislation-stop-protests-schools-hospitals-vaccination-clinics/

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BC Supreme Court Rules Provincial Health Officer Justified in …

(Just Now) WebA B.C. Supreme Court judge has ruled that the provincial health officer (PHO) was justified in extending the province’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for health-care workers past October 2023.

https://www.theepochtimes.com/world/bc-supreme-court-rules-provincial-health-officer-justified-in-extending-vaccine-mandate-for-health-workers-5650733

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Despite state bans, abortions nationwide are up, driven by …

(9 days ago) WebAccording to the report, telehealth abortions now make up 19% of all abortions in the U.S. In comparison, the first WeCount report which spanned April 2022 through August 2022 showed telehealth

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2024/05/14/1251086997/abortion-increase-research-wecount-telehealth

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Florida sues Biden administration over new transgender health …

(3 days ago) WebThe lawsuit takes aim at a new federal rule that would ban discrimination in health care on the basis of gender identity. Demonstrators protest against guidelines limiting gender-affirming care in

https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/florida-sues-biden-administration-new-transgender-health-care-rule-rcna151112

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Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signs new law reforming mental health …

(1 days ago) WebDES MOINES, Iowa — Changes are coming to Iowa's mental healthsystem and the way it is ran. Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a bill into lawWednesday that consolidates the state's 32 mental health districts into seven districts. It also includes substance use disorder services. Reynolds says the current system is "disconnected", …

https://www.weareiowa.com/article/news/local/local-politics/gov-kim-reynolds-signs-law-mental-health-system-iowa-reforms/524-1bc0a200-7b7d-4209-ad64-369889ab1caa

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California clinics brace for fallout from Arizona abortion ban

(Just Now) WebPlanned Parenthood clinics in California are bracing for an uptick in patients crossing the state line for abortions, after the Arizona Supreme Court upheld a nearly total prohibition on the procedure. On Tuesday the court effectively banned abortion by reinstating an 1864 law that forbids the procedure except to save a mother’s life, without

https://calmatters.org/health/2024/04/california-abortion-ban-arizona/

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Dr. Bonnie Henry justified in extending vaccine mandate for health …

(4 days ago) Web1:59 Health-care workers lose COVID-19 vaccination court case A B.C. Supreme Court judge has ruled provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry was justified in extending a vaccine mandate for

https://globalnews.ca/news/10495985/bc-court-bonnie-henry-justified-extending-vaccine-mandate-health-care-workers/

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Resources Safety and Health Queensland suspends spirometry …

(2 days ago) WebMr Hill said he was worried about the health of workers in central Queensland. He said that since the re-emergence of black lung disease in 2015 the union had advocated for tests to be done by

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05-09/rshq-suspends-spirometry-company-testing-for-black-lung-disease/103796814

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B.C. court rejects mink farmers' lawsuits over industry shutdown

(9 days ago) WebProvince moved to ban mink farming in November 2021, phase it out completely by April 2025. Lawsuits by B.C. mink farmers over a COVID-related shutdown of the industry were rejected, with a judge

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-mink-farmer-lawsuit-rejected-1.7199871

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Arizona’s now-repealed abortion ban serves as a cautionary tale …

(Just Now) WebAfter having studied how reproductive health care has been affected by the 2022 Dobbs decision that overturned Roe v. Wade, it’s clear to us that the implications of bans like those in Arizona

https://theconversation.com/arizonas-now-repealed-abortion-ban-serves-as-a-cautionary-tale-for-reproductive-health-care-across-the-us-228077

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B.C. to ban drug use in all public places in major overhaul of

(2 days ago) WebRichard Zussman and Keith Baldrey have more. – Apr 26, 2024. The B.C. government says it will ban drug use in all public spaces, including parks and hospitals, as part of a major overhaul of its

https://globalnews.ca/news/10453051/bc-decriminalization-public-drug-use-overhaul/

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