A study done by the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV-AIDS has found that 40% of people who died of HIV-AIDS in BC never accessed treatment mainly due to poverty. The study found homelessness, mental illness, residency in a poor neighbourhood, drug addiction, and language barriers impacted patients access to treatment. Read more in CBC article, "B.C. study shows 40 per cent of HIV sufferers died without getting treatment."

The Caledon Institute has released a policy paper, Canadians Need a Medium-Term Sickness/Disability Income Benefit (in PDF) discussing the possibility of a new sickness or disability benefit. The paper examines the current relationship between Employment Insurance (EI) sickness benefits and Canada Pension Plan (CPP) disability benefits, and explores possibilities for stronger linkages between these programs.

The BC Government has been hosting want they call a Conversation on Health with the residents of BC. In response, a coalition of community groups called the Women's Health Community Advisory Committee has released a report about women's health that calls on the BC government to go beyond medical issues and fund a range of social services. The report, Conversation on Women's Health (in PDF) calls on the government to increase welfare rates and minimum wage, build social housing and women-only shelters, and fund more medical services. See more in a CBC article, "Violence against women one of top B.C. health priorities: report."