The leader of the BC Green Party is calling on the provincial government to immediately release the findings of a watchdog’s probe into a Telus Health program.
Sonia Furstenau is urging Health Minister Adrian Dix to release the Medical Services Commission’s “report” into whether the private, fee-based program has contributed to a “two-tier” health-care system that allows some patients to cut in line by opening their wallets.
“While almost a million British Columbians go without a family doctor, private corporations are swooping in to offer healthcare services for a cost,” she said in a Tuesday news release.
“British Columbians need to know that these private healthcare providers are not allowing queue-jumping or other practices that are illegal under our universal healthcare system.”
