When my time matters most, will my place in line be determined by how urgently I need care — or by how much I can afford to pay for it?

Who pays for the system required to make dual practice possible, and who bears the risks when it fails?

asmith@medicinehatnews.com Upcoming changes to health coverage co-ordination may result in private maximums being reached sooner. An email sent to Alberta Blue Cross members detailed upcoming changes ...

With Alberta’s referendum about a month away, racialized groups are bracing for the worst. One Alberta public policy research group claims Premier Danielle Smith is using immigration as a scapegoat to...

asmith@medicinehatnews.com Upcoming changes to health coverage co-ordination may result in private maximums being reached sooner. An email sent to Alberta Blue Cross members detailed upcoming changes ...

As provinces grapple with how to decrease wait times for surgeries, Alberta is introducing a system in which doctors can simultaneously work in public hospitals and do private care on the side — a mod...

Premier Danielle Smith was in Airdrie Monday to announce a new health-care centre for Airdrie focused on maternity, acute care and surgery.

With the health file not a priority for this government, the question becomes how will Health Minister Marjorie Michel and Canadians ensure that health system needs ‘are still cutting through the nois...

The Alberta government said the centre will house two facilities to serve the growing bedroom community north of Calgary: an urgent care and birthing centre, and a primary, surgical and ambulatory car...

pwachter@lethbridgeherald.com Progressive think-tank the Parkland Institute hosted a virtual public launch Wednesday for its latest report examining political rhetoric surrounding provincial policy. T...

The vast majority of workers get more from federal programs than they give.

pwachter@lethbridgeherald.com Progressive think-tank the Parkland Institute hosted a virtual public launch Wednesday for its latest report examining political rhetoric surrounding provincial policy. T...

Though health advocates argue the province's $100 fee amounts to a treaty violation, the federal government rebuffed a request to step in, pointing out it's still free on reserves

Health Canada inspection documents reveal a person who said they'd had sexual contact with someone who tested positive for HIV was allowed to give plasma twice at a for-profit donation centre in Regin...

A Calgary for-profit plasma donor clinic was cited by Health Canada for multiple violations, including collecting from ineligible people.

Food and shelter grab headlines, but out-of-pocket health-care expenses have climbed at a nearly identical rate since 2022, Statistics Canada data shows. Economists and policy experts break down the s...

Friends of Medicare released a statement congratulating and thanking the Saddle Lake Cree Nation for enforcing its treaty rights to ensure gender-affirming care for all Albertans. A release on Wednesd...

As Prime Minister Mark Carney, cabinet ministers and secretaries of state meet in Banff today and Friday, Friends of Medicare is urging government to prioritize protecting public health care. “Alberta...

Saddle Lake Cree Nation says it aims to defy Premier Danielle Smith’s government by establishing a safe haven for gender-affirming medical care — contrary to provincial law.

Send a message: We urgently need action from the Federal Government to safeguard our public health care and protect patients by speaking out against the Alberta government’s Bill 11 and enforcing the ...

Alberta’s health-care system is heading down the slippery slope from universal access for all to priority access for those who can pay. Recent changes to the provincial health-care system accelerated ...

Alberta’s health-care system is heading down the slippery slope from universal access for all to priority access for those who can pay. Recent changes to the provincial health-care system accelerated ...

pwachter@lethbridgeherald.com Nearly 400 specialist physicians in Alberta have expressed interest in participating in the province’s new dual-practice health system, a move critics warn creates a two-...

Send a message: We urgently need action from the Federal Government to safeguard our public health care and protect patients by speaking out against the Alberta government’s Bill 11 and enforcing the ...

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pwachter@lethbridgeherald.com Nearly 400 specialist physicians in Alberta have expressed interest in participating in the province’s new dual-practice health system, a move critics warn creates a two-...

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Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has asked the federal government for "latitude" when it comes to the dual practice health care model.

Alberta has opened the door to a new health-care model allowing doctors to work in both private and public systems, but critics say it could contravene the Canada Health Act by giving faster access to...

The proposal would also allow doctors to work in both the private and public sectors, reversing a policy introduced by the CAQ.

Today, many Alberta doctors can now work in private clinics, billing patients’ credit cards while working in the public system at the same time. The Alberta government has taken this extraordinary ste...

USGS scientists estimated how quickly chronic wasting disease was spreading in multiple regions of North America and compared those rates to model predictions based on deer movement data.

Two-tiered, dual practice, American-style... Regardless of the label one describes Alberta's health care syste...

Residents in Medicine Hat joined health-care advocates on Tuesday in calling for an end to Alberta's move towa...

Residents in Medicine Hat joined health-care advocates on Tuesday in calling for an end to Alberta's move towa...

Residents in Medicine Hat joined health-care advocates on Tuesday in calling for an end to Alberta's move towa...