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Top court won't hear appeal on private health care
1 minute read 8:57 AM CDTOTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada will not hear a challenge of a British Columbia law intended to preserve public health care through measures against extra-billing and certain private insurance.
Two Vancouver private health facilities and four patients argued that provisions of the Medicare Protection Act violate constitutional rights due to long waits for care in B.C.'s publicly funded system.
They said this amounted to a breach of the patients' life, liberty and security of the person under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
Three years ago, the Supreme Court of British Columbia dismissed the constitutional challenge.
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