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December 13, 2014
3 facts you need to know
On the five-year agreement for B.C. doctors
By Bill Bennett
Kootenay East MLA
1. B.C. doctors have voted to accept a new agreement with the provincial government that increases funding for doctors by $216 million.
2. Over the next five years this agreement will provide new funding to build on health care services in rural and remote communities, recruit and retain both family physicians and specialists, and add new physicians throughout the province.
3. The length of the agreement and the increased funding will provide an opportunity to improve healthcare throughout the province and attract doctors to areas that need them most.
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