This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy.Cambie Surgeries Corporation – Cambie Surgery Centre in Vancouver seen here on Nov. 18, 2019 – has taken the case to the Supreme Court of British Columbia, fighting for the right to charge fees to patients who are willing to do so to be at the front of the line.Dr.
The corporate plaintiff in the case – Cambie Surgeries Corporation – is looking to overturn key provisions in B.C.’s Medicare Protection Act. That law prohibits extra billing, meaningin medicare can’t charge patients extra on top of what B.C.’s Medical Services Plan pays them. It also bans private duplicative insurance that would cover the same services as the public plan, as well as dual practice, thus preventing doctors from being paid from both the public purse and privately.
GlobeDebate This is how a publicly funded healthcare system is destroyed. The knowledge on how to fix and manage it, exists. Here are the data or ask Dt. Alex Jadad from UofT_dlsph ignoring this evidence should be seen as incompetence or corruption. The world is watching GovCanHealth WHO
GlobeDebate no one wants to get medical care and get a shocking bill they did not anticipate so no.
GlobeDebate Fear mongering. Author falsely asserts that private MRI caused wait times to go up in Sask. The real cause was increased referrals. He fails to mention that our public system has far longer wait times that most systems with a mix of public and private funding.
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