The New Calgary Chapter
On March 12, Calgary regained a Chapter of Friends of Medicare.
Welcome to the new Chapter Executive!
Calgary-Greenway By-Election Survey
Putting Health Care on the Agenda in Calgary-Greenway
Voters are already voting in advance in Calgary-Greenway, with election day coming up right away on Tuesday, March 22nd.
For more information on voting in the by-election visit Elections Alberta.
Friends of Medicare has sent a survey* to each of the candidates asking their positions on important health care issues.
Read moreNational Medicare Week - Write Your MP!
Via our partners in the Canadian Health Coalition
Meeting with Health Minister Sarah Hoffman
On Monday, July 20, 2015, the Board members and the staff of Friends of Medicare met with Health Minister Sarah Hoffman. The meeting was productive and insightful, with mutual respect and shared values characterizing the exchanges.
Read moreAzocar: Medical tourism is a sickness, not a cure
The following op-ed was published in the Calgary Herald on January 23, 2014. It can be found on the Calgary Herald's website here:
http://www.calgaryherald.com/opinion/op-ed/Azocar+Medical+tourism+sickness+cure/9423128/story.html
The op-ed was written as a response to the following article:
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