Dr. Brian Day, Medical Director of the Cambie Surgery Centre, in his Vancouver office. Dr. Day launched legal action in 2009, challenging medicare laws that prohibit patients from paying for faster access to medically necessary care.DARRYL DYCK/The Canadian Press
A British Columbia-based physician who has spent more than a decade challenging medicare laws that prohibit patients from paying for faster access to medically necessary care has lost his fight, after the Supreme Court of Canada declined his last chance at appeal.
Thursday’s decision upholds those laws and closes the door on a 14-year legal battle that pitted patient autonomy against…
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The Supreme Court of Canada will not hear a challenge of a British Columbia law intended to preserve public health care through measures against extra-billing and certain private insurance.
Two Vancouver private health facilities and four patients argued that provisions of the Medicare Protection Act violated their constitutional rights due to long waits for care in BC’s publicly funded system.
They said it amounted to a breach of the patients’ life, liberty and security of the person under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
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Dylan, 26, who is transgender and uses the pronouns she/ they, posted a clip on TikTok yesterday singing Stephen Sondheim’s “No One Is Alone,” from Into The Woods. The performance was part of Dylan’s 365 Days Live! event held last month, which celebrated one year of Dylan’s transition.
Before singing (beautifully), Dylan gave a heartfelt message about surrounding…
Supreme Court dismisses BC doctor’s appeal in challenge over access to private health care
Canada’s highest court will not hear an appeal from a Vancouver-based physician who has been challenging the health-care system over access to private care.
The Supreme Court of Canada’s decision Thursday ends Dr. Brian Day’s 14-year legal battle to allow patients access to private care when the public system isn’t able to offer timely care.
Day, owner of the Cambie Surgery Center in Vancouver, claimed that prolonged wait times for medical procedures violated two Charter rights, including the right to life, liberty and security of the person.
“In a way, it’s a very sad day for Canadians,” Day told CBC…
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A health care bill for immigrants appears to be stalling in the Maryland Senate
New legislation would remove immigration status as an eligibility requirement for purchasing health insurance through the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange.
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Activists from CASA, the regional immigrants’ rights group, have been a fixture on Lawyers Mall in front of the State House in Annapolis for the past several days. On Tuesday, in a moment of tension and high drama, several frustrated members of the group were pushed into one of the Senate President’s offices in the Miller Senate Office…