Palliser Friends of Medicare @palliser_FOM
Southeastern Alberta (Palliser) Chapter of Alberta Friends of Medicare - @FriendsMedicare friendsofmedicare.org/palliser Medicine Hat, Alberta Joined October 2010-
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We should not be wasting time and money on anything less than evidence based transparent reviews. Enough of the politicking - we need our best and brightest working on this so we are prepared for the next pandemic. theglobeandmail.com/canada/alberta…
Still no bed for patient. Demoralizing to say the least. #abhealth
"Alberta premier stands by pick of ’contrarian’ chair to lead COVID-19 data review" edmontonjournal.com/news/politics/… via @edmontonjournal by @lisasj 1) Having the government elevate a "contrarian" view isn't about "fresh eyes", it is the institutionalization of false balance /…
On April 26, 1954, the Salk polio vaccine field trials, involving 1.8 million children, began: history.com/this-day-in-hi… #history #VaccinesSaveLives #STEM #SciChat
Vaccines are our best line of defense against infectious diseases and are critical to support those with chronic health conditions. Protect yourself and loved ones. Stay up-to-date with your measles vaccine. Learn more and check your eligibility: myhealth.alberta.ca/topic/immuniza…
Vaccines are our best line of defense against infectious diseases and are critical to support those with chronic health conditions. Protect yourself and loved ones. Stay up-to-date with your measles vaccine. Learn more and check your eligibility: myhealth.alberta.ca/topic/immuniza…
“With so many health care workers experiencing rising rates of violence in their own workplaces, addressing violence within health care is also increasingly urgent. Health care workers deserve to be safe when they show up to care for us.”
“With so many health care workers experiencing rising rates of violence in their own workplaces, addressing violence within health care is also increasingly urgent. Health care workers deserve to be safe when they show up to care for us.”
Join FOM this Sunday at the Day of Mourning ceremony in Edmonton, or find an event in near you: awhc.ca/day-of-mournin…
Join FOM this Sunday at the Day of Mourning ceremony in Edmonton, or find an event in near you: awhc.ca/day-of-mournin…
Every year on April 28, we gather to recognize the National Day of Mourning. On this day, we must take the time to mourn those who have been lost, and recommit to fighting for a safer, healthier Alberta for us all. Read FOM's statement: friendsofmedicare.org/day_of_mournin…
Who said it? Pierre Poilievre or Big Pharma? In his attacks on public pharmacare, the Conservative leader is copying verbatim the pharmaceutical industry’s talking points. WATCH:
The issue with these clinics is that while they purport to charge for uninsured services, they problematically mingle uninsured and insured services such that patients are also getting preferential access to the latter.
The issue with these clinics is that while they purport to charge for uninsured services, they problematically mingle uninsured and insured services such that patients are also getting preferential access to the latter.
EVERYONE in this country deserves the health care they need! Take action to support #Status4All!👇
EVERYONE in this country deserves the health care they need! Take action to support #Status4All!👇
Earlier this month, we sent a letter to Prime Minister Trudeau and Minister Miller (Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship), supporting @MigrantRightsCA and the call for #StatusForAll. buff.ly/3whe4hE
Nurse practitioner deal announced...
Many doctors contacting me w similar concerns… We’ve been telling govt daily that they need to invest in FM specialists as the foundation of primary care The new PCCM funding model cannot come quick enough This NP announcement is for 48 NPs We have 1000s of FM docs struggling
Many doctors contacting me w similar concerns… We’ve been telling govt daily that they need to invest in FM specialists as the foundation of primary care The new PCCM funding model cannot come quick enough This NP announcement is for 48 NPs We have 1000s of FM docs struggling
A new audit has found 40+ medical clinics advertising membership fees for access to health care. This is a recurring & long unaddressed problem. We need action to finally ban medical access fees in AB! ➡️Read more: friendsofmedicare.org/alberta_must_b… 📢Take action: friendsofmedicare.org/NoAccessFees
“Yet another report shows that medical clinics in Alberta are using membership fees as a barrier to access medically insured services. It’s time for our provincial government to finally stand up for Albertans and act to end this practice.”
“Yet another report shows that medical clinics in Alberta are using membership fees as a barrier to access medically insured services. It’s time for our provincial government to finally stand up for Albertans and act to end this practice.”
Our health care is struggling & for-profit interests are taking this as an opportunity to cash in. But we all deserve equitable, timely, quality health care—not just those of us with the deepest pockets. 4/4 📢Take action! Say NO to medical access fees: friendsofmedicare.org/NoAccessFees
But while so many Albertans already can't access their primary care, we’ve seen NO action from this government to stop clinics from charging patients. In fact, the UCP voted down legislation that would have banned access fees last November! 3/ friendsofmedicare.org/government_dec…
Many of these clinics have existed for YEARS without scrutiny. A @ParklandInst 2017 report found clinics capitalize on legislative loopholes to profit off of Albertans' health care needs, while claiming to remain in bounds of the Canada Health Act. 2/ parklandinstitute.ca/blurred_lines
New audit shows there are at least 40 clinics charging membership fees in Alberta. We don't know which of these clinics are charging for preferential access. But we do know, 800,000 people in this province don't have a family doctor! 1/ cbc.ca/news/canada/ca…
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Every year on April 28, we gather to recognize the National Day of Mourning. On this day, we must take the time to mourn those who have been lost, and recommit to fighting for a safer, healthier Alberta for us all. Read FOM's statement: friendsofmedicare.org/day_of_mournin…
Join FOM this Sunday at the Day of Mourning ceremony in Edmonton, or find an event in near you: awhc.ca/day-of-mournin…
Every year on April 28, we gather to recognize the National Day of Mourning. On this day, we must take the time to mourn those who have been lost, and recommit to fighting for a safer, healthier Alberta for us all. Read FOM's statement: friendsofmedicare.org/day_of_mournin…
Every year on April 28, we gather to recognize the National Day of Mourning. On this day, we must take the time to mourn those who have been lost, and recommit to fighting for a safer, healthier Alberta for us all. Read FOM's statement: friendsofmedicare.org/day_of_mournin…
A new audit has found 40+ medical clinics advertising membership fees for access to health care. This is a recurring & long unaddressed problem. We need action to finally ban medical access fees in AB! ➡️Read more: friendsofmedicare.org/alberta_must_b… 📢Take action: friendsofmedicare.org/NoAccessFees
But while so many Albertans already can't access their primary care, we’ve seen NO action from this government to stop clinics from charging patients. In fact, the UCP voted down legislation that would have banned access fees last November! 3/ friendsofmedicare.org/government_dec…
Many of these clinics have existed for YEARS without scrutiny. A @ParklandInst 2017 report found clinics capitalize on legislative loopholes to profit off of Albertans' health care needs, while claiming to remain in bounds of the Canada Health Act. 2/ parklandinstitute.ca/blurred_lines
New audit shows there are at least 40 clinics charging membership fees in Alberta. We don't know which of these clinics are charging for preferential access. But we do know, 800,000 people in this province don't have a family doctor! 1/ cbc.ca/news/canada/ca…
The UCP’s privatization experiments have: ❌failed to deliver better services ❌failed to reduce wait times ❌wasted 100s of millions of public health care $$$ Instead of privatizing AB’s EMS, we need to put patients before profits & invest in our public health care! Watch👇
Interview with Friends of Medicare Executive Director Chris Gallaway edmonton.ctvnews.ca/video/c2908512…
This first step towards universal national Pharmacare could be major for health, social & economic gender equity in Canada. And yet the AB government wants to opt us out! edmontonjournal.com/opinion/column… 📢 Join the call for a single-payer drug plan for ALL: friendsofmedicare.org/ABpharmacare 💊
Our governments are putting our public health care dollars into private profits, despite ample evidence that it compromises the quality of care for patients. We deserve better!
This is what is sucking medical staff out of public health care: a single private equity firm owns a huge network of 53 operating rooms spread across 14 centres — in QC, ON, MB, SK, AB, and BC. @markhollandlib @picardonhealth #cdnpoli thestar.com/opinion/contri…
To shift money to adequately fund NICU adequate minimal staffing where should the minister direct cuts? Cancer care? Hospitalist coverage? Surgical clinical support? EMS? Emerg?…. (All suffering from workforce and funding issues already as examples)
"It's a crisis and we need commitments that this is not going to continue and that there's going to be an investment to ensure that babies are not placed at risk." - UNA President Heather Smith. #NeedNursesAb #ableg #abhealth #yeg #yyc cbc.ca/news/canada/ca…
There are some people who are more worried about people becoming addicted to prescription drugs than they are dying from UNREGULATED TOXIC FENTANYL. They are more focused on treating addiction only or they seem to believe the prescription pills are creating more addictions…
I really do believe this will be a critical turning point for Family Medicine in Alberta… The new funding model will allow our FM docs to be paid competitively, and will incentivize longitudinal comprehensive primary care in our province!
Dear Members, Earlier this morning I participated in a joint news conference with the Minister to announce that government is committing to the Physician Comprehensive Care Model with a target implementation date of fall 2024 .alberta.ca/release.cfm?xI…
Alberta deserves accountability, transparency, and best-evidence in our health care policy! Add your voice to the call for urgent action to save lives in the ongoing drug poisoning crisis: friendsofmedicare.org/ISupportHarmRe…
A NICU nightmare! Imagine the stress on a family to have to relocate to another province to be with their newborns likely with no family supports. We are now a have-not place to live if you need healthcare. We need help from our neighbours because 5 years ago the UCP decided to…
Suggesting that infants be flown out of province to receive the care they need is a declaration of failure by this UCP government. My heart goes out to the families of kids in the NICU who should be celebrating the birth of their child, but who are instead dealing with…
@AdrianaLaGrange So this alarm was raised at least 2 times before and ignored. I have to ask. If it is "your priority" then why does it take the imminent death of babies to get you to "look into this" now?
“These babies have nowhere else to be cared for and we believe the situation has become so critical that deaths of infants may soon follow.” In Alberta. In 2024. Remember when Smith said she could “fix” healthcare in 90 days? It’s been almost 2 years. #abpoli #cdnpoli
April 16/24: Healthcare Crisis for Babies Not enough resources for too many babies results in frail, underweight infants not eating on time. Edmonton units are frequently working at 95%-102% capacity (30% in the first 3 months of 2024). View letter: albertazmsa.com/ezmsa
This is just sickening. We need an urgent investment in people, equipment and space now. Not next week, not next year - right now. Given all the warnings over the last several years this simply cannot be ignored anymore. It would be criminal and I hope treated as such.
"These babies have nowhere else to be cared for and we believe the situation has become so critical that deaths of infants may soon follow." Edmonton Zone Medical Staff Assoc. pens letter to health minster warning of dire consequences if NICU capacity in the city remains high.
Alberta needs Pharmacare! Tell your MP to support federal Pharmacare legislation, and to expand universal, single-payer drug coverage for all: friendsofmedicare.org/ABpharmacare
Today is Federal Budget Day! We saw funding for national programs like dental & Pharmacare, as well as for key social determinants of health. It is vital that the AB government put politics aside & support initiatives that could improve Albertans' health: friendsofmedicare.org/federal_budget…
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