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Medicine Hat News

Location

Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada

Date

Jun 13, 1995

Page

9

Alberta Health Care Reform Seen As Letting Patients Down

Calgary Herald columnist Catherine Ford critiques Ralph Klein's Alberta health care overhaul. She argues restructuring shifts burden to patients and communities, with cash-saving aims hurting public services and exposing gaps in care and accountability.

Private medical care is the inevitable wave of the future

In Calgary Alberta health care reform debate, Dr Peter Huang, a health care entrepreneur, won a contract to perform 1600 eye operations annually for Foothills Hospital at under 400 dollars per operation. The discussion centers on rising costs, aging populations, technology, and funding options amid global pension pressures.

Calgary Alberta Peter Huang Foothills Hospital Gimbel

Alberta health care in crisis under Conservative reforms

Alberta seeks a new wellness blueprint as hospital closures and budget cuts reshape care. The plan includes six corporate sponsored centres of wellness while beds, services, and staff face reductions and new pay rules. Critics call for a moratorium on further cuts amid rising private sector pressure and concerns over access and costs for ordinary Albertans.

Alberta Alberta Health Alberta Medical Association Fred Moriarity Calgary Region Health Authority Bud McKaig Ralph Klein

Private health care debate grows in Alberta

Alberta health care debate centers on private involvement with Dr Huang proposing to run services at Grace Hospital or Holy Cross Bow Valley Centre to deliver outpatient ear nose throat eye surgery hypertension and diabetic counselling and community health services while critics warn of profit motives driving excess care and higher costs.

Wendy Armstrong Alberta Consumers’ Association of Canada Armstrong Huang Ian John Calgary Salvation Army Grace

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Alberta Health Care Catherine Ford Calgary Herald Ruth Klein Ing Catherine McGinley McGinley University of Calgary Robin Hood Claudia Cattaneo Shirley McLellan U.S Health Care Financing Administration Canada Doonesbury Zeke Garry Trudeau Gerry Chipour
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