Protesters fear ‘American-style’ 2-tiered health care is coming to Canada

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://globalnews.ca/news/11733546/protesters-fear-american-style-health-care/

https://www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/article/alberta-doctors-say-they-havent-been-contacted-about-er-band-aid-plan/ “The premier and Minister Jones both were given those cases of some examples of deaths and near misses, and they haven’t even acknowledged receipt of them /2

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Alberta doctors say they haven’t been contacted about ER band-aid plan

The spring sitting of Alberta’s legislature began Tuesday, and some Albertans are watching how the government addresses health-care concerns, with growing questions about a plan that was supposed to immediately address emergency room capacity issues.

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Health advocates urge feds to take a stance on Alberta’s health privatization
Health-care advocates are lobbying lawmakers and calling on the federal government to take a stance on Alberta's latest moves to expand privatization of health care.
#health #privatization #Alberta #Albertahealth #FriendsofMedicare #PrivateHealthCare
https://globalnews.ca/news/11659768/health-lobbying-alberta-privatization/
Health advocates urge feds to take a stance on Alberta’s health privatization
Health-care advocates are lobbying lawmakers and calling on the federal government to take a stance on Alberta's latest moves to expand privatization of health care.
#health #privatization #Alberta #Albertahealth #FriendsofMedicare #PrivateHealthCare
https://globalnews.ca/news/11659768/health-lobbying-alberta-privatization/
Health advocates urge feds to take a stance on Alberta’s health privatization
Health-care advocates are lobbying lawmakers and calling on the federal government to take a stance on Alberta's latest moves to expand privatization of health care.
#health #privatization #Alberta #Albertahealth #FriendsofMedicare #PrivateHealthCare
https://globalnews.ca/news/11659768/health-lobbying-alberta-privatization/
Alberta’s two-tier health care bill is designed to kill public health care – a new report shows how - Alberta Politics

Despite its name, Alberta’s Health Statutes Amendment Act, 2025, is not health care legislation.  The purpose of the law that was granted Royal Assent on Dec. 11 last year is to destroy public health care as we know it, not just in Alberta but throughout Canada, by legislating two-tier health care. It may well succeed […]

Alberta Politics
Danielle Smith’s $30-Million AHS Firing Spree | The Tyee https://thetyee.ca/News/2026/02/03/Danielle-Smith-AHS-Firing-Spree/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial “Longhurst sees a pattern. The failed attempt to privatize laboratory services wasted more than $100 million. Alberta’s rapid privatization of surgeries has increased per-surgery costs, while failing to decrease wait times.” #AlbertaHealth #AbPoli
Danielle Smith’s $30-Million AHS Firing Spree | The Tyee

That’s the hit to Albertans for severance payments to top health officials since 2019, finds a Tyee analysis.

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Extra Alberta ER doctor shifts delayed amid talks between government, physicians
The new E.R. triage shifts are meant for doctors to help speed up patient assessments and diagnostic work, and in some cases begin providing care in the waiting room.
#healthcare #ER #Alberta #Health #Albertahealth #AlbertaMedicalAssociation
https://globalnews.ca/news/11649830/extra-alberta-er-doctor-shifts-delayed-amid-talks-between-government-physicians/
Extra Alberta ER doctor shifts delayed amid talks between government, physicians
The new E.R. triage shifts are meant for doctors to help speed up patient assessments and diagnostic work, and in some cases begin providing care in the waiting room.
#healthcare #ER #Alberta #Health #Albertahealth #AlbertaMedicalAssociation
https://globalnews.ca/news/11649830/extra-alberta-er-doctor-shifts-delayed-amid-talks-between-government-physicians/
Extra Alberta ER doctor shifts delayed amid talks between government, physicians
The new E.R. triage shifts are meant for doctors to help speed up patient assessments and diagnostic work, and in some cases begin providing care in the waiting room.
#healthcare #ER #Alberta #Health #Albertahealth #AlbertaMedicalAssociation
https://globalnews.ca/news/11649830/extra-alberta-er-doctor-shifts-delayed-amid-talks-between-government-physicians/