A commentary by an adviser to several grassroots health-care organizations who has written extensively on B.C.’s health crisis at https://bcupcc.ca
Based on what we see daily, the extra bureaucracy has not helped the health system. And those numbers represent only part of the story. Actual program spending also has a hefty administrative component not included there. And no, we couldn’t bring 2,000 docs on board tomorrow. But with the right incentive structure, infrastructure, work environment, autonomy, respect, and support, we could get enough doing longitudinal primary care and extend their reach to fill that two-million-person care gap.
MSP payments, used to pay doctors and others to provide health services, are just over two times what we spend on head-office admin.You have to wonder why it’s OK for the government to explain away $2.7 billion in admin spending in a handful of lines across multiple financial reports.$2.7 billion in head-office admin? A few lines are good. But $3.