The Supreme Court of Canada will not hear a challenge of a B.C. law against extra-billing and certain private insurance.
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean KilpatrickThe Supreme Court of Canada will not hear a challenge of a British Columbia law intended to preserve public health care through measures against extra-billing and certain private insurance.
Two Vancouver private health facilities and four patients argued that provisions of the Medicare Protection Act violate constitutional rights due to long waits for care in B.C.’s publicly funded system. They said this amounted to a breach of the patients’ life, liberty and security of the person under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.CHEK NewsletterSign Me Up
Justice John Steeves said while long waits for care might increase the risk to some patients, the provisions were justified by the overall objective of supporting a system in which access to health care is based on need, not the ability to pay. The B.C. Court of Appeal upheld the decision last year, prompting the parties to take their case to the Supreme Court of Canada.
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