2024

BC is in a unique position to learn from other provinces and countries that offer fertility funding. We review the available data and consider how to provide equitable access for BC residents to a much-needed treatment. 

As doctors, we hear about and feel the daily challenges of a constrained health care system—the lack of adequate doctors, nurses, operating rooms, hospital beds, CT, and MRI, and the list goes on. How do we improve access for patients amid these ongoing challenges?

As days with recorded temperatures above 30 °C become increasingly frequent in BC, the risk of heat-related illness increases, with workers who primarily work outdoors more likely to be affected. Heat generation or exposure may also be caused by factors other than hotter ambient temperatures.

An insurer must assess and mitigate risk to protect plan health so it can continue to offer coverage at a reasonable price. Underwriters can mitigate risk by adding policy exclusions, which detail specific events not covered by the policy.

I wish to affirm the Premise put forward by Drs Bell and Sloan that both patients and physicians benefit from increased access to primary care [BCMJ 2024;66:14-15].