Health Care Funding

• Alberta election kicks off Day 2 with health-care finger-pointing

  On Day 2 of the provincial election, NDP leader Rachel Notley is promising new funding for healthcare -- a system the UCP claims they are still cleaning up after the NDP.

  Health

  May 2
  
• ‘If the grass is greener’: Saskatoon physician calls for primary care reform

  Wednesday, the Saskatchewan government announced an additional $431 million to the Ministry of Health's budget, but doctors say more is needed to keep physicians in the province.

  Health

  Mar 22
  
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• Saskatchewan announces $6.9 billion health care budget for 2023-24

  The government announced an additional $431 million to the Ministry of Health's budget in comparison to last year, totaling a 6.7 per cent increase.

  Health

  Mar 22
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• NDP calls for Moe to end ‘MRI experiment’ after funding loss

  Sask. Health Minister Paul Merriman says the government recently procured an extra 3,000 MRI scans to address the surgical backlog, but critics say the program should be stopped.

  Politics

  Mar 13
• Ottawa warns provinces not to charge fees for medically necessary services

  The federal government is calling on provinces to ensure patients are not charged for medically necessary services, such as MRIs and CT scans.

  Health

  Mar 10
• Saskatchewan unions react to $61-million health-care agreement with federal government

  Saskatchewan Union of Nurses president Tracy Zambory says more money must be spent on dealing with the province's registered nursing shortage.

  Canada

  Mar 3
• Alberta signs 10-year, $24B health-care funding deal with feds

  With Alberta signing the agreement with Ottawa, the western province joins four Atlantic provinces, Ontario and Manitoba in signing on to the health-care deal.

  Politics

  Feb 27
• Manitoba is the 6th province to sign deal with Ottawa on health-care funding

  Manitoba has signed an agreement in principle to invest $6.74 billion over 10 years in the province's healthcare system, it was announced Friday.

  Health

  Feb 24
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• Here’s how much provinces have in surplus while demanding more federal health cash

  As Canada’s premiers express disappointment over Ottawa’s health deal, questions are being raised about why they are demanding more federal cash while sitting on surplus budgets.

  Politics

  Feb 16
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• Ontario children’s hospitals, health care orgs ask province for $371.5M

  The request comes just days after Ottawa laid out its offer to provinces and territories on federal funding of health care.

  Health

  Feb 14