Health-care workers' associations in B.C. are welcoming a commitment, laid out in the new health minister's mandate letter, to reduce the cost of health-care administration in the province.

Coming out of the provincial election, health care has persisted as one of the major priorities for voters, as intermittent emergency room closures continue around the province and hundreds of thousands of British Columbians remain without a family doctor.

In his mandate letter to new Health Minister Josie Osb…