Premier Danielle Smith announces Alberta will move from a global health budgeting model to activity-based funding. Says hospitals have no accountability under current system and limits use of chartered surgical facilities. New system will allow for more private competition.

Smith says Alberta's new model is based on other countries, such as Australia. Adds that opening up surgical competition incentivizes volume. Says hospitals can still get more funding if ORs are efficient, or even rent out OR rooms to private doctors to perform surgeries.

Here's Premier Danielle Smith's pros and cons list for opening up Alberta's surgical system to more competition between public hospitals and private operators.

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Has she Ever listened to Doctors ? Has she Ever listened to the Healthcare professionals ? Profit based funding to her friends & supporters ?

This is a horrible idea. Public health often works in prevention, where the "value" isn’t always measurable in immediate outputs. This will add bureaucratic overhead. It defeats the purpose of efficiency and flexibility she wants to improve upon

I despise how she is ALWAYS demonizing AHS workers.

Look it’s the little wannabe American 🇺🇸 , premier Smith

Canadian healthcare needs a change. What we are doing isn’t working. Throwing more and more money isn’t solving the problem either. Canada doesn’t have to use the American model. There is lots of successful models in g20 countries that work better and cost less

Jesus christ this was not what we wanted #ResignSmith

Limits use of CSFs? No, the UCP limits use of our public operating systems. Doubling down on the UCP destruction of our health care system.

CPC and harper gonna screw ABtans big time. health then CPP