What BC’s Parties Are Promising on Health-Care Access - The Tyee
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Listen to this article 18 min Health care is usually a top election issue.
Forty per cent of British Columbians cited health care as a major issue in one recent poll conducted by Ipsos.
Eby also pledged an additional $30 million to expand Kelowna General Hospital.
Earlier this year, the province paused work on the sites, saying it needed to bring down the projected combined cost of $1.4 billion.
The party’s costed plan says its health promises will cost about $2.5 billion in capital expenses, and a little more than $300 million in increased annual costs.
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Health care is usually a top election issue. But this year, old discussions are taking on new urgency.
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Many British Columbians do not have a family doctor, and some people spend more than five years on wait-lists to get one. Emergency rooms often require patients to wait six hours or more for help.…
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