\u0022Access to necessary medical care should be based on need and not an individual\u0027s ability to pay.\u0022 \u002D Health Minister Adrian Dix
LifePlus program
The act prohibits charging people for access to primary care services. Telus Health has not filed a statement in response.n the meantime, this government will continue to strongly defend our public health-care system.”said they were informed their family doctor was now working with Telus Health and the only way to continue seeing them was to pay thousands a year for the LifePlus program.
“While a million British Columbians go without a family doctor, and our emergency wards are full of sick children, Telus Health has quietly been charging thousands of dollars per year for access to primary health care,” the MLA for Cowichan Valley said in a statement.
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