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Mar 10 • 5 tweets • 5 min read
Today I asked @AdrianDix whether he thinks that having a for-profit corporation that delivers profits to shareholders also delivering healthcare in BC is aligned with the principles of equitable, universal, public health care. 1/ #bcpoli #HealthCare #Health #HealthEquity
In BC, access to virtual health care, covered by MSP, is happening through Telus. But at the same time, @TELUSHealth is charging $1000 for annual screenings. But that is not all. 2/ #bcpoli #HealthCare #health
There is also LifePlus, offering the care we expect from a family clinic. The annual cost of enrolment in LifePlus is $4000 for the first year, and $3000 every year after. 3/ #bcpoli #HealthCare #health
Telus is actively taking up a larger role of delivering #HealthCare services - out financing gov’t & hiring family doctors. 4/ #bcpoli #health
This shift in healthcare delivery, under the @bcndp, is happening without a wider conversation with British Columbians about what the future holds for universal #healthcare.

I am deeply concerned about what this means for equitable health care in BC. 5/5 #bcpoli #HealthEquity

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From August 2017 to July 2021, over 6,000 people died from our toxic illicit drug market.

6,000 British Columbians who could still be here today if the political will to save them existed.

Why has the @jjhorgan’s gov’t not introduced non-medicalized #safesupply? 1/ #bcpoli
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These deaths are preventable. The policy tools are there but we haven't used them. 2/ #bcpoli
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These archaic policies worsen the stigma that this gov’t has said it wants to reduce. 3/ #bcpoli #safesupply #EndtheStigma
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The Coroner’s Death Review Panel announced that from August of 2017 to July of 2021, over 6,000 people died from our toxic illicit drug market.

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On #IWD, how do we value health for all? I'd argue that how we measure our economy & its progress indicators are crucial in achieving this.

Based on 3 guiding principles:
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Value social foundations & equity ✅
Take human health seriously ✅
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As proposed by the @WHO Council on the Economics of Health for all policy brief, valuing Health for All means rethinking and building a whole-of-society approach. 2/ #bcpoli #BCEconomy #GPI
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We value planetary health, by protecting the integrity of essential common goods such as water and air, and by respecting the ecological boundaries upon which human health and well-being ultimately depend. 3/ #bcpoli #BCEconomy #GPI
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The @bcndp campaigned on #FreeContraception as part of their 2020 election platform.

2 years later & the promise remains unfulfilled. Meanwhile women, trans-men, & gender-diverse people must shell out hundreds of dollars a year for this basic care. 1/ #bcpoli #IWD2022 @AccessBC
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If 1 in 10 bottles of wine killed people we wouldn't be “building a system of care” we'd move immediately to ensure that a #safesupply existed.

The @bcndp fundamentally misunderstands the toxic drug crisis. It isn't an addictions crisis but rather a health crisis. 1/ #bcpoli
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