Private Clinic

• Sask. nurse practitioners say they should be able to bill province for private services

  Registered nurse practitioners who run private clinics in Saskatchewan say they could play a larger role in health care if they could bill the province for services.

  Health

  Dec 1, 2023
  
• ‘Bone-on-bone pain’: B.C. woman pays for private hip surgery in Alberta

  A B.C. woman fed up with uncertainty about surgical wait times says she spent more than $34,000 to have her hip replaced at a private clinic in Calgary.

  Health

  Oct 16, 2023
  
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• N.B. premier changes tune on private clinic health services, but not abortions

  Premier Higgs says New Brunswick is looking at expanding what sort of services can be access in private clinics, but surgical abortions won't be one of them.

  Politics

  Aug 25, 2022
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• Alberta government accepts bid for private hip, knee surgical clinic on Enoch Cree First Nation

  The Alberta government has approved a bid by the Enoch Cree Nation near Edmonton to build a private clinic to perform thousands of publicly covered hip and knee surgeries.

  Politics

  Jun 1, 2022
• Quebec health minister considers extending surgery pilot project in private clinics

  Quebec's health minister hasn't ruled out extending the use of operating rooms in private clinics for publicly-funded physicians.

  Canada

  Apr 23, 2019
• Winnipeg clinic now offering diagnostic tests for a fee

  Wait or open your wallet – a Manitoba clinic has started offering some diagnostic testing at a cost.

  Dec 28, 2017
• 5 Montreal stories you must read this week: November 18

  From a fire raging through a historic heritage building in Chinatown to a couple opening a café to defray the costs of psychological services for children, here are the top five stories Global News covered in Montreal this week.

  Canada

  Nov 18, 2016
• Saskatchewan passes private MRI law

  Saskatchewan passes legislation allowing people to privately pay for MRIs.

  Health

  Nov 4, 2015