‘Why are these fees being charged’: Calgary clinic to let patients pay to jump queue
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‘Why are these fees being charged’: Calgary clinic to let patients pay to jump queue
Description
July 27, 2023
About 6.5 million Canadians don't have a family doctor. Those who do have one can't always get an appointment right away. Now a Calgary clinic is offering paid memberships, allowing patients to jump the queue for health care. Heather Yourex-West reports on the cost, the controversy, and the legalities.
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‘Why are these fees being charged’: Calgary clinic to let patients pay to jump queue02:02 | July 27, 2023 -
Business leaders warn against Alberta separating from Canada01:54 | September 29, 2026 -
‘We’re never going to stop searching for you’: Darius Macdougall’s family in agony one year after Alberta boy’s disappearance01:59 | September 21, 2026 -
Calgary landfill on fire for nearly 2 weeks, stirring local health concerns02:02 | September 18, 2026 -
Alberta NDP upsets UCP stronghold in byelection02:01 | September 15, 2026 -
Calgary teen wins world highland dance title01:52 | September 4, 2026 -
Protests in Alberta over province’s new dual practice health care01:58 | September 1, 2026 -
Alberta Separatism: Growing evidence of foreign interference ahead of referendum01:55 | August 19, 2026 -
Parker’s grieving parents thank public for search after son’s body found02:47 | July 30, 2026 -
Why Winnipeg could lose its Slurpee Capital of the World title01:50 | July 29, 2026 -
Edmonton sets new summer rainfall record01:53 | July 29, 2026 -
Alberta introducing out-of-pocket, private pay cancer test program01:54 | July 27, 2026 -
B.C., Prairies under air quality and heat alerts01:57 | July 23, 2026 -
How Calgary police are using AI in search for missing boy01:45 | July 22, 2026 -
Search for missing Calgary boy prompts call for Amber Alert review01:45 | July 20, 2026 -
Assets of prominent Alberta separatist Jeffrey Rath temporarily frozen01:58 | July 14, 2026 -
Why there’s growing pushback against AI data centres01:58 | July 9, 2026 -
Alberta separatists outfundraising federalists ahead of referendum02:07 | July 8, 2026 -
Ontario, Alberta push for 3,300 km east-west oil pipeline01:54 | July 6, 2026 -
Global National: July 521:44 | July 5, 2026 -
Carney juggling Alberta’s pipeline push with B.C. environment concerns02:04 | July 2, 2026 -
Wildfire threatens remote Northwest Territories village, prompts evacuation01:54 | June 30, 2026 -
Extreme weather in Alberta, N.W.T. marks start of summer02:06 | June 29, 2026 -
Why Calgary is wrangling in late night Stampede noise01:51 | June 23, 2026 -
Western Canada dealing with fires and floods01:52 | June 22, 2026 -
Alberta to launch controversial ‘dual practice’ health care this fall01:50 | June 19, 2026 -
Alberta country music star Corb Lund submits anti-coal referendum petition01:46 | June 10, 2026 -
Alberta separatist leader says Smith’s claim on hefty financial cost of independence is ‘nonsense’01:51 | June 2, 2026 -
How Edmonton’s soccer community is inspiring future stars01:55 | June 1, 2026 -
Why Prairie communities are pushing back against AI data centres02:21 | May 26, 2026 -
Tensions visible as western premiers’ meeting concludes02:08 | May 26, 2026 -
Carney warns Alberta separation referendum question is ‘dangerous bluff’01:58 | May 25, 2026
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‘Why are these fees being charged’: Calgary clinic to let patients pay to jump queue02:02 | July 27, 2023
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Business leaders warn against Alberta separating from Canada01:54 | September 29, 2026
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‘We’re never going to stop searching for you’: Darius Macdougall’s family in agony one year after Alberta boy’s disappearance01:59 | September 21, 2026
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Calgary landfill on fire for nearly 2 weeks, stirring local health concerns02:02 | September 18, 2026
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Alberta NDP upsets UCP stronghold in byelection02:01 | September 15, 2026
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Calgary teen wins world highland dance title01:52 | September 4, 2026
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Protests in Alberta over province’s new dual practice health care01:58 | September 1, 2026
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Alberta Separatism: Growing evidence of foreign interference ahead of referendum01:55 | August 19, 2026
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Parker’s grieving parents thank public for search after son’s body found02:47 | July 30, 2026
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Why Winnipeg could lose its Slurpee Capital of the World title01:50 | July 29, 2026
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Edmonton sets new summer rainfall record01:53 | July 29, 2026
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Alberta introducing out-of-pocket, private pay cancer test program01:54 | July 27, 2026
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How Calgary police are using AI in search for missing boy01:45 | July 22, 2026
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Search for missing Calgary boy prompts call for Amber Alert review01:45 | July 20, 2026
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Assets of prominent Alberta separatist Jeffrey Rath temporarily frozen01:58 | July 14, 2026
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Why there’s growing pushback against AI data centres01:58 | July 9, 2026
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Global National: July 521:44 | July 5, 2026
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Carney juggling Alberta’s pipeline push with B.C. environment concerns02:04 | July 2, 2026
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Wildfire threatens remote Northwest Territories village, prompts evacuation01:54 | June 30, 2026
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Extreme weather in Alberta, N.W.T. marks start of summer02:06 | June 29, 2026
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Why Calgary is wrangling in late night Stampede noise01:51 | June 23, 2026
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Western Canada dealing with fires and floods01:52 | June 22, 2026
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‘Why are these fees being charged’: Calgary clinic to let patients pay to jump queue
Description
July 27, 2023
About 6.5 million Canadians don't have a family doctor. Those who do have one can't always get an appointment right away. Now a Calgary clinic is offering paid memberships, allowing patients to jump the queue for health care. Heather Yourex-West reports on the cost, the controversy, and the legalities.
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