A lot of confusion about BC's laboratory testing capabilities and whether we have "private" or "public" labs.
BC doesn't have a dual private healthcare system. We have one system, the public one.
BC Biomedical Laboratories, LifeLabs - service the public system. #covid19
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Lifelabs is owned by the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System (googled it). It is a monopoly here in BC as far as I know. #bcpoli
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Just checked. Lifelabs controls 85% of the non hospital medical testing market in BC. SWEET DEAL. #bcpoli
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Looks like #DBH has no authority to tell Lifelabs to Jack Up their testing capacity, since it is essentially a private operator. #bcpoli @adriandix @jjhorgan
10:48 PM ยท Jan 18, 2021
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