Access to residential care beds for seniors was dubbed “an election hotspot” by CTV early last week, and for good reasons. The party that forms government after May’s election will have to deal with the pressures that the aging population would put on the already strained system of seniors’ care in BC. Fundamentally, providing an [...]
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Seniors' care concerns should be taken seriously in this election
May 1st, 2009 · Iglika Ivanova · Comments Off · BC Election 2009, Health care
Tags: accountability·health care costs·home and community care·hospital·Jeremy Tate·Liberals·Marcy Cohen·NDP·platform·residential care·seniors
Contracting Out: Enough to make you sick
March 21st, 2009 · Colleen Fuller · Comments Off · BC Election 2009, Health care
There is now an accumulation of evidence, both international and domestic, that contracting out is good — but only if you happen to own shares in MDS, Sodexho, LifeLabs, Compass, Aramark or any number of other piggybackers. Unfortunately, if you are merely a patient, taxpayer and/or hospital worker you are probably getting sicker, paying more [...]
Forensic auditors say P3s expensive, biased and secret
January 29th, 2009 · Keith Reynolds · Comments Off · BC Election 2009, Privatization, P3s & public services
So who are you going to believe about public private partnerships (P3s)? One side of the debate says they’re swell. They save money for taxpayers, they come in on budget and they transfer risk from governments to companies. But other people say details are kept secret from the public and that in fact they cost [...]
Tags: Abbotsford Hospital·Canada Line·hospital·P3·Port Mann·privatization·Sea-to-Sky Highway·Vancouver General Hospital
