{"id":9746,"date":"2018-09-06T14:46:02","date_gmt":"2018-09-06T14:46:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/survivornet.ca\/?page_id=9746\/"},"modified":"2018-09-06T14:46:02","modified_gmt":"2018-09-06T14:46:02","slug":"lynaya-astephen-parti-vert-reponse","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/survivornet.ca\/fr\/agissez\/campagnes-electorales\/campagne-electorale-nouveau-brunswick-2018\/lynaya-astephen-parti-vert-reponse\/","title":{"rendered":"Lynaya Astephen (Parti Vert) R\u00e9ponse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Lynaya&#8217;s answers are below in green.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Question 1:<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>If elected, what steps will your government take to increase the availability of family doctors and healthcare practitioners in New Brunswick?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>Create 40 new nurse practitioner positions<\/strong>, and allow nurse practitioners and pharmacists to bill Medicare for health services to reduce wait times for primary health care.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"content-list\">\n<li><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Eliminate the\u00a0<strong>government-imposed caps\u00a0<\/strong>on Medicare billing numbers, so more doctors can open practices in regions where there is a demand for their service.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\">I personally had to wait a few years after my doctor retired to get a doctor so understand how this affects peoples lives when you have only the medical clinics and hospitals to turn to.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Question 2:<\/p>\n<p><strong>If elected, will your government support the implementation of a national pharmacare program that guarantees access to prescription medicines and a coverage plan that goes beyond a formulary that meets the lowest common denominator?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>If not, please explain how your party will ensure that New Brunswickers will have timely access to prescription drugs.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Eliminate the annual premiums for the\u00a0<strong>New Brunswick Drug Plan\u00a0<\/strong>for individuals earning less than $25,000 and families of four earning less than $40,0007, and support implementation of a national\u00a0<strong>Pharmacare program.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>This is something very important for me in NB we have an aging population and many do not have a large amount of finances to work with. My own father would purchase only half of his prescriptions due to cost unfortunately this didn&#8217;t help his health problems. A National Pharmacare program is long overdue.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Question 3:<\/p>\n<p><strong>If elected, will your government take steps to create a Patient Engagement Committee that directly advises the government on healthcare issues?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"content-list\">\n<li><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>Give hospitals the authority to make decisions\u00a0<\/strong>about how best to provide timely access and care to patients and enable all staff to collaborate to implement them.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Make the Office of the Chief Medical Officer of Health, the province\u2019s top doctor responsible for public health, an\u00a0<strong>independent arm of the Department of Health<\/strong>, reporting directly to the Legislative Assembly; and restore the staff and resources that were removed from the Office by the Liberal government.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\">The issue of high cancer rates is not one spoken about enough in NB. I am actually involved in politics because of my doctor who retired and has now become my friend and mentor when advocating for different issues. She had helped create this report:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><a style=\"color: #008000;\" href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/237738\/conservation-council-hopes-n-b-govt-will-act-on-report-linking-cancer-to-communities\/\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/237738\/conservation-council-hopes-n-b-govt-will-act-on-report-linking-cancer-to-communities\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1536324651004000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHSnkOzMLxThDxz8b_f8fOR4OBlYg\">https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/237738\/conservation-council-hopes-n-b-govt-will-act-on-report-linking-cancer-to-communities\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Best Regards,<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Lynaya Astephen<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>In 2017, 4,700 New Brunswickers were diagnosed with cancer and 2,100 died of it.<\/strong>\u00a0Clearly, this life-threatening illness affects families, friends, the workplace and entire communities.<\/p>\n<p>The Canadian Cancer Survivor Network (CCSN) works to connect patients, survivors and other stakeholder groups with decision makers and the wider community to engage in discussion and to act on evidence-based best practices to alleviate the medical, emotional, financial and social costs of cancer and encourage research on ways to overcome barriers to optimal cancer care and follow-up for survivors in Canada.<\/p>\n<p>The government of New Brunswick has a critical role to play in making sure that everyone diagnosed with cancer has timely access to the medications they need; is not subjected to dangerously long wait times for diagnosis and treatment; and receives adequate financial support during diagnosis and treatment.<\/p>\n<p>We invite you to respond to the following questions about cancer care and healthcare in New Brunswick. Your responses will be circulated to cancer patients and survivors in New Brunswick and included on our website at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/survivornet.ca\/\">www.survivornet.ca<\/a>. Links to your responses will also be posted on Facebook and Twitter.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Question 1: Access to primary healthcare<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>According to Statistics Canada, more than 11.3% of the province\u2019s population is without a family doctor. This means that 107,787 New Brunswickers are without access to primary care. In addition, wait lists for general practitioners are increasing from one to two years, and this problem is projected to worsen with doctors retiring and the growth of the senior population.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>If elected, what steps will your government take to increase the availability of family doctors and healthcare practitioners in New Brunswick?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Question 2: National pharmacare<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Canada\u2019s universal healthcare system does not include access to prescription medicines. The result is a provincial\/territorial patchwork of public and private insurance plans that are costly, ineffective and do not guarantee access to prescribed drugs. The federal government has set up an Advisory Council on the Implementation of Pharmacare to look at how access to prescription drugs can be improved in our healthcare system. Patients throughout Canada are concerned that national pharmacare will lead to a list of covered drugs that only meets the lowest common denominator.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>If elected, will your government support the implementation of a national pharmacare program that guarantees access to prescription medicines and a coverage plan that goes beyond a formulary that meets the lowest common denominator?<\/p>\n<p>If not, please explain how your party will ensure that New Brunswickers will have timely access to prescription drugs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Question 3: Patient engagement<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Patients are key stakeholders in the healthcare system. Currently, there are no dedicated patient engagement committees that advise the provincial government on healthcare issues.\u00a0Regional health authorities have patient advisory committees, but more is needed.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>While the government consults with regional health authorities and physicians, patients must also have direct participation in these consultations by being included in the provincial level.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>If elected, will your government take steps to create a Patient Engagement Committee that directly advises the government on healthcare issues?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Sincerely,<\/p>\n<p>Canadian Cancer Survivor Network<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lynaya&#8217;s answers are below in green. Question 1: If elected, what steps will your government take to increase the availability of family doctors and healthcare practitioners in New Brunswick? Create 40 new<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":9685,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-9746","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Lynaya Astephen (Parti Vert) R\u00e9ponse - Canadian Cancer Survivor Network<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/survivornet.ca\/fr\/agissez\/campagnes-electorales\/campagne-electorale-nouveau-brunswick-2018\/lynaya-astephen-parti-vert-reponse\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_FR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lynaya Astephen (Parti Vert) R\u00e9ponse - Canadian Cancer Survivor Network\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Lynaya&#8217;s answers are below in green. Question 1: If elected, what steps will your government take to increase the availability of family doctors and healthcare practitioners in New Brunswick? Create 40 new\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/survivornet.ca\/fr\/agissez\/campagnes-electorales\/campagne-electorale-nouveau-brunswick-2018\/lynaya-astephen-parti-vert-reponse\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Canadian Cancer Survivor Network\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Dur\u00e9e de lecture estim\u00e9e\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/survivornet.ca\/fr\/agissez\/campagnes-electorales\/campagne-electorale-nouveau-brunswick-2018\/lynaya-astephen-parti-vert-reponse\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/survivornet.ca\/fr\/agissez\/campagnes-electorales\/campagne-electorale-nouveau-brunswick-2018\/lynaya-astephen-parti-vert-reponse\/\",\"name\":\"Lynaya Astephen (Parti Vert) R\u00e9ponse - Canadian Cancer Survivor Network\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/survivornet.ca\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2018-09-06T14:46:02+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/survivornet.ca\/fr\/agissez\/campagnes-electorales\/campagne-electorale-nouveau-brunswick-2018\/lynaya-astephen-parti-vert-reponse\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"fr-FR\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/survivornet.ca\/fr\/agissez\/campagnes-electorales\/campagne-electorale-nouveau-brunswick-2018\/lynaya-astephen-parti-vert-reponse\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/survivornet.ca\/fr\/agissez\/campagnes-electorales\/campagne-electorale-nouveau-brunswick-2018\/lynaya-astephen-parti-vert-reponse\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/survivornet.ca\/fr\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Agissez\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/survivornet.ca\/fr\/agissez\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Campagnes \u00e9lectorales\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/survivornet.ca\/fr\/agissez\/campagnes-electorales\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":4,\"name\":\"Campagne \u00e9lectorale Nouveau-Brunswick 2018\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/survivornet.ca\/fr\/agissez\/campagnes-electorales\/campagne-electorale-nouveau-brunswick-2018\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":5,\"name\":\"Lynaya Astephen (Parti Vert) R\u00e9ponse\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/survivornet.ca\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/survivornet.ca\/\",\"name\":\"Canadian Cancer Survivor Network\",\"description\":\"The Canadian Cancer Survivor Network was created by a group of Canadians concerned about cancer.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/survivornet.ca\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/survivornet.ca\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"fr-FR\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/survivornet.ca\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Canadian Cancer Survivor Network\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/survivornet.ca\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"fr-FR\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/survivornet.ca\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/survivornet.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/CCSN_Logo_EN_SQUARE.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\/\/survivornet.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/CCSN_Logo_EN_SQUARE.png\",\"width\":1209,\"height\":1007,\"caption\":\"Canadian Cancer Survivor Network\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/survivornet.ca\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Lynaya Astephen (Parti Vert) R\u00e9ponse - Canadian Cancer Survivor Network","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/survivornet.ca\/fr\/agissez\/campagnes-electorales\/campagne-electorale-nouveau-brunswick-2018\/lynaya-astephen-parti-vert-reponse\/","og_locale":"fr_FR","og_type":"article","og_title":"Lynaya Astephen (Parti Vert) R\u00e9ponse - Canadian Cancer Survivor Network","og_description":"Lynaya&#8217;s answers are below in green. Question 1: If elected, what steps will your government take to increase the availability of family doctors and healthcare practitioners in New Brunswick? Create 40 new","og_url":"https:\/\/survivornet.ca\/fr\/agissez\/campagnes-electorales\/campagne-electorale-nouveau-brunswick-2018\/lynaya-astephen-parti-vert-reponse\/","og_site_name":"Canadian Cancer Survivor Network","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Dur\u00e9e de lecture estim\u00e9e":"5 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/survivornet.ca\/fr\/agissez\/campagnes-electorales\/campagne-electorale-nouveau-brunswick-2018\/lynaya-astephen-parti-vert-reponse\/","url":"https:\/\/survivornet.ca\/fr\/agissez\/campagnes-electorales\/campagne-electorale-nouveau-brunswick-2018\/lynaya-astephen-parti-vert-reponse\/","name":"Lynaya Astephen (Parti Vert) R\u00e9ponse - Canadian Cancer Survivor Network","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/survivornet.ca\/#website"},"datePublished":"2018-09-06T14:46:02+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/survivornet.ca\/fr\/agissez\/campagnes-electorales\/campagne-electorale-nouveau-brunswick-2018\/lynaya-astephen-parti-vert-reponse\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"fr-FR","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/survivornet.ca\/fr\/agissez\/campagnes-electorales\/campagne-electorale-nouveau-brunswick-2018\/lynaya-astephen-parti-vert-reponse\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/survivornet.ca\/fr\/agissez\/campagnes-electorales\/campagne-electorale-nouveau-brunswick-2018\/lynaya-astephen-parti-vert-reponse\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/survivornet.ca\/fr\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Agissez","item":"https:\/\/survivornet.ca\/fr\/agissez\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Campagnes \u00e9lectorales","item":"https:\/\/survivornet.ca\/fr\/agissez\/campagnes-electorales\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"Campagne \u00e9lectorale Nouveau-Brunswick 2018","item":"https:\/\/survivornet.ca\/fr\/agissez\/campagnes-electorales\/campagne-electorale-nouveau-brunswick-2018\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"name":"Lynaya Astephen (Parti Vert) R\u00e9ponse"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/survivornet.ca\/#website","url":"https:\/\/survivornet.ca\/","name":"Canadian Cancer Survivor Network","description":"The Canadian Cancer Survivor Network was created by a group of Canadians concerned about cancer.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/survivornet.ca\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/survivornet.ca\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"fr-FR"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/survivornet.ca\/#organization","name":"Canadian Cancer Survivor Network","url":"https:\/\/survivornet.ca\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"fr-FR","@id":"https:\/\/survivornet.ca\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"http:\/\/survivornet.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/CCSN_Logo_EN_SQUARE.png","contentUrl":"http:\/\/survivornet.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/CCSN_Logo_EN_SQUARE.png","width":1209,"height":1007,"caption":"Canadian Cancer Survivor Network"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/survivornet.ca\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/survivornet.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9746","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/survivornet.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/survivornet.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/survivornet.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/survivornet.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9746"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/survivornet.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9746\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/survivornet.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/survivornet.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}