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Does Alberta's new law permitting physician dual practice violate the Canada Health Act? Like many Alberta physicians, I'm concerned about what physician dual practice will mean for equitable access to medically necessary care. As a nephrologist and researcher here in Calgary, I see every day how much our patients...

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Todd4 days ago

If dual practice contravenes the CHA, then Federal Transfers for health care will be withheld... poof to at least a large portion of $6.6B per year #ableg #cdnpoli

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Braden Manns3 days ago

$7B. And to be clear , if the Feds get some backbone, and decide to enforce the CHA via a section 14, then cabinet would decide how much would be withheld of that $7B. But it would be an effective tool and I suspect AB would back down

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Troy Montana5 days ago

Time to dismantle the deadly monopoly ......

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Braden Manns5 days ago

Yah. That’s a good idea. How’s that working in the US?

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Sister Denby 🇨🇦💜🇺🇦5 days ago

👆 @LFairclo Why has no one sued the Ford gov't for what he is doing to public healthcare in Ontario or Danielle Smith for what she is doing in Alberta?

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Dave Lewis5 days ago

The old system doesn’t work anywhere in Canada. What is wrong with trying something different? It’s mind boggling why people want to continue with the same idiocy.

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TonPanzer5 days ago

Canadian healthcare is just killing you if you break a leg, it’s shit, dual practice healthcare allows you to not wait 2 years for an X-ray

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Saltwater Cowboy5 days ago

Be nice to not have to wait on "public" healthcare anymore or having to get issues addressed in the US and Mexico.

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Braden Manns5 days ago

Yes. Agreed. But we really have to fix the public system - not try work-arounds that are going to make it worse

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Saltwater Cowboy4 days ago

To gain public support you would need to remove unions,chop the buerocracy,break up AHS, improve efficiency. Or create an alternative.... Otherwise we remain in the same situation as every region in Canada

Pet's profile picture
Pet5 days ago

Equitable clearly means equally shitty, unavailable and unaccessible. So we'll try another way.

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Braden Manns5 days ago

Sadly the other way will make it worse for those who can only access the public system. Those who can pay for their own surgery will affect access for those who can’t - and it will affect your access to urgent surgeries in hospital

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Pet5 days ago

Scandinavian and many any other countries have a hybrid Healthcare system, and it works great. Try something new, you might be pleasantly surprised.

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Braden Manns5 days ago

Yah. And they have twice as many docs per capita

Pet's profile picture
Pet5 days ago

Docs want to work in a place that isn't a communist hellscape. A freer market will create competition and innovation, more access to care and better conditions for doctors and patients. If you build it, they will come.

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Challenge yourself4 days ago

@BradenMannsYYC ComPeTiTiOn iS dA beSt, wait, we don't have enough doctors to support that? uhhhh......durrrrrrŕrrrr

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Pet4 days ago

@BradenMannsYYC A large chunck of the doctors we graduate in this country go to work where? And why? Get your head out of your ass.

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Braden Manns3 days ago

@AllForFantasy8 Oh this is fun. Where do they go Pet? They no longer go to the US, if that’s what you are thinking. That was 30 years ago. And I’m not that flexible

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Gordo6 days ago

😆 it’s always about the lowest common denominator for socialists. Very intellectually naive. You don’t access this system.

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John Zylstra5 days ago

Healthcare is provincial jurisdiction. Any agreement or federal law which contradicts that jurisdiction is basically unconstitutional and illegal.

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Dave Pearson4 days ago

Sent

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SpencerBeach5 days ago

You do get a legal opinion is not confirmation a violation occured. Its good to ask questions and challenge. That helps grow systems. Especially when our current HC system is failing hard.

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Disgruntled Dissident4 days ago

[email protected] or [email protected] or Broader investigative unit: [email protected] Just imagine what they might reveal. The restrictions to info. seen in the AHS CEO wrongful dismissal case points to something fishy.

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Alberta First5 days ago

The pilot is supported by the federal government.

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Craig Farr4 days ago

You have had enough time to try and make it better. It's been shitty for a long time. Let's try something different.... the status quo is not working

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Braden Manns4 days ago

Well, we agreed that the status code is not working. To be clear. “We” – if you’re meeting the health system – have had no opportunity or ability to make the needed change. Governments are the ones that need to direct evidence based change.

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Pepper12454 days ago

I believe it does. Because they will always choose the easier way and still get paid the same amount of money and actually probably more because they their rates include overhead. It never should have been allowed in the first place never!

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raerexton5 days ago

It’s for only 4 types of surgeries. Knee and hip, hernia, eye and ear nose and throat. Those surgeries can be done in hospitals during evening hours throughout the province

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