B.C. Budget 2012: Silence on seniors' care, higher MSP premiums for families, and B.C. slides to ninth place in investment in its citizens' health care

February 21, 2012

B.C.’s largest health care union says today’s provincial budget represents a lost opportunity to make strategic investments in seniors’ care and in the health of its citizens.

The 43,000-member Hospital Employees’ Union says the budget confirms that the Clark government won’t implement any of the substantial recommendations made by the provincial ombudsperson Kim Carter last week to improve seniors’ care in B.C.

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