Private Health Care

• Alberta bill allows doctors to toggle between public and private pay for surgeries

  The bill opens the door for Alberta surgeons to charge patients for privately-delivered procedures while keeping a foot in the public system and billing taxpayers.

  Health

  Nov 24
  
• Alberta’s plan to let doctors work publicly and privately worries critics, health-care advocates

  The Canadian Medical Association, which represents doctors nationwide, says Albertans will be left waiting longer to access health care if the province moves forward with the plan.

  Politics

  Nov 18
  
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• UCP government to allow Albertans to pay privately for some health care services

  The Alberta government says it will be introducing legislation this fall to allow people to privately purchase some health care diagnostic services such as MRIs and CT scans.

  Health

  Oct 23
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• Alberta government set to receive report into health contract scandal

  Alberta's government says it expects to receive a final report today from the investigation into allegations of corruption over health contracts.

  Health

  Oct 15
• Fellow Alberta cabinet minister calls for LaGrange to be removed amid health scandal

  Infrastructure Minister Peter Guthrie said LaGrange and the top health civil servant, Andre Tremblay, should move to other jobs while the scandal is investigated, according to CBC.

  Politics

  Feb 14
• B.C. woman says Canada Health Act loophole enabled her to get private surgery in Manitoba

  Carolyn Latzen was suffering from what she said was an excruciatingly painful spinal cord issue caused by arthritis. She said it was very, very painful.

  Health

  Sep 18, 2024
• Private primary care clinic in Halifax says it’s helping address health-care gaps

  The founder of Bluenose Health says the private care clinic has been helping to address healthcare gaps since opening its doors in Halifax in early 2023.

  Health

  May 22, 2024
• Quebec woman wonders why she’s being asked to pay thousands for cancer medication

  In the spring of 2024, a 42-year-old Quebec resident found a lump in her right breast. She was diagnosed with HER-2 positive, an aggressive and recurring form of cancer.

  Canada

  May 3, 2024
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• N.S. mom calls for better ultrasound access after private clinic reveals twins

  A Halifax mother is calling for better access to hospital ultrasounds after she recently discovered she was having twins while receiving private care.

  Health

  Apr 27, 2024
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• More than $56M spent on agency nurses in Manitoba: Shared Health

  Numbers from Shared Health show the province spent more than $56 million on agency nurses in the first three quarters of the 2023-24 fiscal year.

  Health

  Apr 12, 2024