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Health minister says province is doing well on prevention
VICTORIA/CKNW(AM980)
Sean Leslie | Email news tips to Sean
1/17/2013

Health Minister Margaret MacDiarmid is defending the government's record on preventative health care.
 
This after a report by the Auditor-General suggested flat funding for prevention measures did not match the lofty rhetoric on the issue in recent throne speeches.
 
MacDiarmid says BC compares well to Alberta.

"They spend significantly more per capita, per person, in Alberta, and they have a younger population...we're spending less with an older population and yet our outcomes in many areas are substantially better, so it's important to look at the investment but it's also important to look at the outcomes." 

While spending on health prevention has flattened out in recent years, MacDiarmid says it's gone up by 160% since 2000.


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  1. tedw_5037 posted on 01/17/2013 07:51 PM
    healthy food is so expensive in BC, it's pretty hard to stay healthy in BC
  2. Ken280 posted on 01/17/2013 07:55 PM
    What kinda Cocomania swill is this from the Liberal/Con of the coalition Minister,unbelievable crap!(This after a report by the Auditor-General suggested flat funding for prevention measures did not match the lofty rhetoric on the issue in recent throne speeches. ) I intend to believe him but I doubt the right wingers of the coalition will! Go NDP Go
  3. WizardOron posted on 01/18/2013 07:53 AM
    Another story of Liberal deceit and incompetence. Every time this government is criticized they come out and say the story is wrong or misleading and that they are always right. I trust independent analysis over anything that this government has to say.

    Even the film industry is wrong when it is telling the government that they are facing upwards of having to layoff 90-95 percent of the people in the industry because there is no work to be had in BC and Christy Clark tells journalists that those numbers are wrong.

    Unbelievable!

    And that is another sore point for me, the sorry state of journalism in this province. when will they ask tough questions and follow up questions, So many stories are left incomplete or the mis-information being spouted out is never challenged.
  4. AldinaI posted on 01/18/2013 10:02 AM
    I'd like to see their definition of "preventative" health care. Is this just government speak for all those never-ending commercials (which do nothing for my blood pressure)?

    On the other hand, it's OUR job to eat healthy food and exercise, not the government's job. If politicians want to tell us how to lead healthy lives, perhaps they can lead by example. How many of them eat out every day, drink at "official events", etc. (all on our dime)? Rich Coleman is not the picture of health.
  5. joes_2868 posted on 01/18/2013 12:21 PM
    Aldinal: Keep listening to the readers consultant, Ken280, the man with a briefcase 50 miles away from home, and you will have to take blood pressure medication.
    Also review NDP Manitoba and NDP Nova Scotia health care measures and compare them with B.C. and then make your comments accordingly. Apples to apples and all factors on the table. Play fair.
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