alberta health care

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Alberta government must fundamentally reform health care to shorten wait times

The median wait time for surgery in Alberta was 33.5 weeks, one of the longest waits in the country.


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Bureaucratic shuffle not enough to fix health care in Alberta

Only 62 per cent of patients in Canada received elective care within four months compared to 99 per cent in Germany.


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Alberta should learn from other higher-performing universal health-care systems

The province's average wait time for health care grew from 18.5 weeks in 2008 to 33.5 weeks in 2023.


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Alberta government must stand up to Ottawa to fix health care

The province's health-care wait times are longer than the national average.


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Reform—not more money—will improve health care in Alberta

Last year, Albertans waited 33.3 weeks between referral and medically necessary non-emergency treatment.


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Wait times for health care cost Albertans $600 million

An estimated 181,333 Albertans faced a median wait of 19.2 weeks between specialist consultation and treatment.


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Alberta premier supports increased health transfers—and more reliance on Ottawa

Research has repeatedly shown that money isn’t the problem—the problem is the value we get for our money.


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Alberta’s health-care reforms don’t go far enough

Albertans waited 32.1 weeks for medically necessary treatment—6.5 weeks longer than the Canadian average.


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Kenney government postpones reforms despite COVID-related surgery backlog

Saskatchewan cut surgical wait times by, among other reforms, partnering with private clinics.