The demands for public health care services in B.C. seem to be increasing at an unprecedented rate and the problems that creates are likely to get worse before they get better, if they ever do. Two things are driving health care demands and a looming corresponding increase in costs: record immigration levels and a rapidly aging population. While there has been a fair amount of attention paid to the impact high immigration levels have had on the housing crisis, less scrutinized is the enormous impact they are having on our health care system. I’ve just received the statistics showing the increase in the number of people who registered in B.C.’s Medical Service Plan the past two years and it is a staggering figure ... CLICK HERE for the full story
A discussion on political, economic and social issues in British Columbia, and Canada