"BCITORGB" wrote in message
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rick cites:
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The Health Resource Centre, a 37-bed clinic at 1402 8th Ave.
SW, will only be allowed to work on Canadians covered under the
Workers' Compensation Board insurance, or employees of the
federal government, the military or RCMP.
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That was 2002. Are you sure that's still the case? Are you
aware of
Premier Klein's relationship with the feds?

As I'm sure, as an American, you're familiar with state's
rights. Are
you aware of provincial rights? But, more to the point, are you
aware
how federal funding to provnces is affected by deviation from
the
federal healthcare plan?

The relationship we're talking about is not so simple as to be
explained by a 3-year old newspaper article. Given that we're
talking
about Premier Klein, I'm not surprised. What I'm curious about
is if
this situation still exists in 2005.
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Seems pretty simple to me. If you work for the right people you
get to go ahead of the rest. Maybe that's the problem, it's too
simple for some jingoistic apologists, eh?

Looks the same today, but then, you'd never want to bother to
check on that, right?
http://www.pentictonherald.ca/?nopic...ate=2004/09/15
statement from a guy waiting 2 years for knee replacments, and in
now on morphine because of the wait...
"...A friend who had been waiting a long time for lower back
surgery had an accident at work and made a claim to the WCB.
"He gets three MRIs, two CAT scans, and he's in to see the
surgeon within 30 days. They don't want to pay him while he's off
work. They want him in there right away, and they want the claim
settled," said Binfet. The Canada Health Act requires there be
equitable access to care, said Linda Mueller, public affairs
officer with the Ministry of Health Services in Victoria.
However, certain organizations are excluded from the requirements
of the act, she said Tuesday. ICBC is not one of them, but the
WCB, the RCMP and the Canadian Armed Forces are..."


And, to add insult to those waiting, they also use the same
public hospitals with long wait lines as well as private
clinics..
"...the WCB uses public clinics during hours they would normally
be closed as well as private clinics to offer expedited services
to B.C.'s injured workers. The WCB pays specialists a premium for
this service..."
http://www.worksafebc.com/for_health...rs/default.asp




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