Stilwell's Health Care Plan Released

Tuesday, January 25, 2011 09:01 AM

Prince George, B.C. - Liberal leadership candidate Dr. Moira Stilwell has unveiled her plan to improve health care in B.C. Speaking in Prince George this morning, Stilwell unveiled a four point platform.

Improve health care in rural and Northern B.C.

· Encourage young doctors to learn from those who are more experienced, particularly in rural areas and northern communities,

· Provide incentives for northern and rural doctors to mentor and train their replacements.

· Bring home young Canadians who are studying medicine abroad to serve their communities in B.C.

Provide better and more comprehensive services to the sickest patients to bring costs under control.

· A small percentage of patients cost the system the most money, because the system is failing them.

“A number of pilot projects around the world – from Denmark and the UK to the US – have already demonstrated that by spending more on the people who are using the health care system the most, overall costs have been reduced and the health of patients has improved.”

Expand and better coordinate mental health services.

· Increase availability of care for people with mental illness and put more emphasis on earlier diagnosis and treatment of mental illness.

Have a public discussion about what type of private care best meets the needs of the public system.

· Start a dialogue about what kind of private care the public health care system can afford and look at how the private health care system might be able to help the public system..

“We need to have a dialogue about both types of private care – where the patient pays, and where the government pays. For example, what is the answer to the question: ‘Will the public system pay for my follow-up care if I have chosen to have a private operation?’ Because we are so scared to even mention private care, we don’t have a discussion – we pretend private care doesn’t exist. My personal preference would be to say that if you choose private care for your procedure, you would need to stick with private care for any follow-up. But that’s just my opinion. My point is that we need to free ourselves to have this discussion.”

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Posted on Tuesday, January 25, 2011 09:01 AM in News by 250 News

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Comments

Posted by: Andyfreeze on January 25 2011 9:32 AM

We have seen and heard this before.
Nothing new here.

Posted by: HD on January 25 2011 10:17 AM

I am at the point that I don't even listen to all that stuff anymore.

I'm finished trusting politicians.

As far as I am concerned 99.9% of them are liars, crooks and greedy.

I don't bother voting anymore.
It's a waste of time.

Promises....promises...promises......

Posted by: faxman on January 25 2011 11:55 AM

I'd vote for someone who had the courage to say, "Get off the couch and get some exercise. And stop smoking while you're at it."

Posted by: Andyfreeze on January 25 2011 11:59 AM

I tend to agree with you HD, but it is
still important to vote.
Even if you have to hold your nose.
I have watched a lot of elections come and go,and most times,I always feel like I got shafted by the same old tired political bullsh**t that we hear every time.
But I always vote.
You would think by now,at least one of them would have come up with something new?
I think what bothers people the most,is that our self-serving politicians treat the voting public like they were all morons who just aren't smart enough to figure out what they are up to.
Big mistake on their part,but they never seem to figure that out.

Posted by: Slim2229 on January 25 2011 3:39 PM

Andy, I agree, if you don't vote, you have no reason to complain.
What I would really like to see is a Pilot Project locally to do with listening to the front line workers, specifically RN's and LPN's and act on their suggestions on how to better patient care. Young Doctors could learn a lot from the RN's but they think they're above them.

Posted by: acrider54 on January 25 2011 3:56 PM

Sorry, heard it all before. It's just all B.S from the Liberals never ending lies.

Posted by: My3Centsworth on January 25 2011 7:19 PM

If you don't vote, you can't complain. Well, actually you could, but you shouldn't.

Posted by: socredible on January 25 2011 11:32 PM

Why shouldn't anyone who doesn't vote have a right to complain?

You think you've got a meaningful choice with those on the ballot you're asked to vote for? They're ALL the same! It's like a 'beauty contest' ~ all the girls are pretty ~ so what is really meaningful that's accomplished by your vote?

If, as is the case of our current BC politics, the basic 'Policy' of ALL the Parties is fundamentally the same, then the only thing you're getting a choice on is the 'Method' by which it'll be imposed on you. Not whether you want it or not.

Case in point. BC Liberals wanted a "Carbon Tax". The NDP, "Cap and Trade". We got the "Carbon Tax", because the Liberals are in. But guess who's now talking about bringing in "Cap and Trade" as well?

And if the NDP got in would THEY repeal the "Carbon Tax" to give us their "Cap and Trade" alternative? Not hardly! We'll be stuck with BOTH, no matter who you vote for! When most of us, I strongly suspect, never wanted EITHER.

But THAT wasn't an option, was it? And if we tried to make it one? Through someone running as an Independent, say, or for a non-mainstream Party proposing an alternative Policy? Just how far do you think you'd get? You'd have to be as rich as Ross Perot to even begin to have a chance!

Just look at the first line of defense now being mounted in favour of the also supposedly "revenue neutral" HST ~ "We need the money..." Does anyone question WHY? No. No more than they question why the government's debt grows ever larger in spite of all the extra taxes continually taken.

Those that voted will swallow that, "We need the money..." line without further question, be robbed further, and at the next election time line up to be hoodwinked again. For there is NO sanction.

As things stand now, it could almost be said that those who DID vote have no right to complain. For it is they who chose the cause of their complaints.

Posted by: PrinceGeorge on January 26 2011 9:27 PM

"...first line of defense now being mounted in favour of the also supposedly "revenue neutral" HST ~..."

To add to the puzzle the Canadian Taxpayers Federation now says publicly that the HST is GOOD for B.C.!

???

Posted by: socredible on January 26 2011 10:30 PM

Yes, but just who funds the Canadian Taxpayers Federation?

One thing is certain, while HST may be 'revenue neutral' to the government, it's sure not 'expenditure neutral' to US.

Besides that, any kind of 'consumption tax' in a country that already has the average citizen in hock to the tune of
$ 1.40 for every $ 1.00 of disposable income he receives, a ratio which grows ever larger over time, CANNOT HELP BUT BE a tax on spending from personal BORROWINGS as well as from personal earnings.

Such a tax might be justified if it were solely on spending from CURRENT earnings ALONE ~ in fact, if it were applied to everything at a much lower rate, it might even be the most efficient way TO tax ~ but that's not the situation we're in right now. And until it is, that kind of tax should be resisted as vigorously as we are able, with any tools available to us.

Once it's firmly established, governments will just keep raising it. And the beauty of it, to them, is we won't be able to clearly affix blame to which level of government is screwing us the worst. They can both increase the take, either directly, or by further extension to things it doesn't apply to now. We'll end up still further in debt, both collectively through the government, and individually as well. That's been the experience elsewhere, and there's nothing to indicate it's going to be any different here.

Posted by: Andyfreeze on January 27 2011 9:26 AM

No question that if B.C. fails to make a stand now,the worst is yet to come.
Next stop for the HST...14-15 percent increase.
Believe it.
I track what I pay for HST...and considering we pay it on items we never did before,it DOES cost me more money at the end of the month.
Anyone who says it doesn't is not paying attention.