Impacting women : provincial government cuts to health care

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2004

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BC Health Coalition and Vancouver Women's Health Collective, Vancouver, BC, CA

Abstract

In British Columbia 56% of single parent mothers and 24% of senior women live below the poverty line. This paper itemizes how recent changes to health care impact women’s lives through implementation of user fees and premiums, so-called “fair” Pharmacare, privatization, cuts to assisted living, wage cuts, wage discrimination and job losses.

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PRIMARY HEALTH CARE, HEALTH POLICY, WOMEN'S HEALTH, LOCAL GOVERNMENT, HEALTH FINANCING, HEALTH SERVICES, BRITISH COLUMBIA, HEALTH PERSONNEL, PRIVATIZATION, HOSPITALS, SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH, CANADA, NORTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA

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