A Tale of Two Mandels: Minister Mandel must listen to Mayor Mandel on ambulance services
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We recently posted an article on our new blog at fominfo.wordpress.com about problems with Alberta's Emergency Medical Services (EMS). When current Health Minister Stephen Mandel was Mayor of Edmonton, he recognized the need to address the capacity problems in EMS. Now that he is the one in charge of health care, he has the opportunity to solve the problem himself.
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Our Executive Director Sandra Azocar talks about the looming Alzheimer's crisis
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Our Executive Director Sandra Azocar was on CTV's Alberta Primetime on January 16th talking about the looming Alzheimer's crisis and what Alberta need to do better to deal with the growing challenges.
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Friends of Medicare and seniors coalition release paper on long-term care
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Friends of Medicare and fifteen other organizations who are members of Public Interest Alberta's Seniors Task Force recently released a position paper on long-term care in Alberta. The paper diagnoses the current problems in the system and concludes with eight recommendations to improve it.
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Prentice has opportunity to change direction of health care as new Premier
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Friends of Medicare has written an open letter to Alberta's new Premier Jim Prentice on how he should be approaching health care policy. Click here to read the letter.
We also issued two other statements on Prentice's approach to health care over the course of his leadership campaign. Click here to read our comments on his health care policy announcement and here to read about information we revealed regarding his connections to private clinics in Alberta.
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Alberta Throne Speech signals more of the same
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The Alberta Throne Speech on November 17, 2014, signaled that new Premier Jim Prentice will follow the same path on health care policy as his predecessor Alison Redford.
Click here to read our take on the direction the government set for health care in the Throne Speech.
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Minister Mandel must stop the privatization of Edmonton area lab services
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We joined with many allies for a rally in front of Health Minister Stephen Mandel's campaign office on Friday, October 24th, to oppose the privatization of the Edmonton area's laboratory services.
Click here to read our comments on Australian corporation Sonic Healthcare being selected by Alberta Health Services to run Edmonton's new lab and why the privatization must be reversed.
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Medical tourism threatens effectiveness of already-strained public system
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Our Executive Director Sandra Azocar was recently on Alberta Primetime discussing the dangers of medical tourism. Click here to view the program.
Medical tourism in Canada is already happening in Ontario, where it has been causing major problems. We need to ensure it does not come to Alberta. Click here to read the Canadian Health Coalition's statement on the situation in Ontario. |
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Apr. 15 '14
