Long, long drawn-out court case that saw a doctor who owns for-profit clinics   
   in BC wanting patients to be able to jump queues for health care if they have   
   the money.   
      
   The Supreme Court of BC has said no.  Now let's see if he take it to the   
   Supreme Court of Canada.  And this is just another reason to keep the right   
   wing Conservatives the hell out of our provincial and federal governments.   
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   CTV News Vancouver - September 10, 2020   
      
   B.C. Supreme Court rules against legalizing private health care following   
   decade-long battle   
      
    In a lengthy decision released Thursday, a B.C. Supreme Court justice has   
   ruled against a constitutional challenge launched by a doctor who argued   
   patients should be able to pay for faster treatment and tests.   
      
   The ruling comes following a legal battle spanning over a decade, and it’s   
   likely not over yet. The matter is expected to continue on to the Supreme   
   Court of Canada.   
    The challenge was mounted by orthopedic surgeon Dr. Brian Day, who heads the   
   Cambie Surgeries Corp. He legally opened a clinic in Vancouver in 1996, but   
   the facility has been operating in violation of unproclaimed provisions of the   
   provincial Medicine    
   Protection Act since 2003.   
      
   Day first launched legal action against the province in 2009 over sections of   
   the act which prohibit doctors from billing the government for work they do in   
   the public system, while also earning money from private clinics, along with   
   billing patients and    
   their insurance companies.   
      
   The case went to B.C. Supreme Court in 2016. Lawyers for Day had argued long   
   waits in the health care system are causing harm to patient’s physical and   
   mental health, and people have a right to pay for faster treatment if they   
   have to wait too long in    
   the public system.   
      
   Opponents have argued a victory for Day could mean a move towards an   
   American-style health-care system with multiple insurance companies, and said   
   the case threatens health care for everyone in Canada.   
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   He doesn't look happy.  That's good . . . .   
      
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