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Corporations Bidding for AHS Labs Contract Raise Concerns

Friends of Medicare has learned that three multinational corporations have been mentioned to provide laboratory services for AHS in the Edmonton Zone. The three corporations short-listed in the Request for Proposals (RFP) are Laboratory Corp of America Holdings, Quest Diagnostic Inc., and CML Health Care, which recently received $1.22 billion friendly takeover offer from LifeLabs Medical.

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October 16, 2013

  • Corporations Bidding for AHS Labs Contract Raise Concerns

    Friends of Medicare has learned that three multinational corporations have been mentioned to provide laboratory services for AHS in the Edmonton Zone. The three corporations short-listed in the Request for Proposals (RFP) are Laboratory Corp of America Holdings, Quest Diagnostic Inc., and CML Health Care, which recently received $1.22 billion friendly takeover offer from LifeLabs Medical.

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    October 16, 2013

  • Changes to Home Care Continue to Negatively Impact Seniors and Vulnerable Albertans

    Friends of Medicare  has learned  that Revera Inc., one of the 13 contracted agencies will be giving up ½ of their newly awarded  Home Care contract, as they are not able to provide the staffing necessary to service Home Care recepients  in  the Southwest area of Edmonton.

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    October 09, 2013

  • Statement from Friends of Medicare on Story at St. Therese Villa

    September 11, 2013

    Friends of Medicare Executive Director Sandra Azocar released the following statement today regarding the story at St. Therese Villa in Lethbridge:

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    September 11, 2013

  • Seniors Living in Appalling Conditions at St. Therese Villa - Covenant Health Facility

    September 9, 2013
    EDMONTON

    Friends of Medicare has learned that last Sunday, a dementia and disabled resident of the Lethbridge St. Therese Villa Designated Assisted Living facility - a Covenant Health facility - was discovered by a staff member with mice nibbling at her face.

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    September 09, 2013

  • FOM Travels to Ontario to Take a Stand for Canadian Medicare

     
    Friends of Medicare traveled to Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, on July 24th and 25th to join the Canadian Health Coalition (CHC) and other allies for a summit to call for the Harper government to renew the federal health accord expiring this year.
    (L-R) Adrienne Selnicki, Health Care Campaigner for the Council of Canadians, Joel French, Office Manager for Friends of Medicare, and Sandra Azocar, Executive Director of Friends of Medicare.
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    July 25, 2013

  • New poll carries stark warning to Harper: Four in ten Canadians willing to change their vote if there is no national plan for the future of health care

    July 24, 2013

    (NIAGARA-ON-THE-LAKE, ON) - Canadians are clear in their desire that Prime Minister Stephen Harper call a First Ministers meeting to discuss the future of health care. Many of them are also prepared to change their party support if the federal party they currently support fails to present a plan for the future of health care. This according to the results of a survey conducted on behalf of the Canadian Health Coalition by Nanos Research.

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    July 24, 2013

  • 72 Licensed Practical Nurses and Health Care Aides to be Laid Off under the Misnomer of "Workforce Transformation"

    Friends of Medicare has learned that starting today, 72 Licenced Practical Nurses and Health Care Aides working at the University of Alberta Hospital will be receiving their layoff notices as part of AHS `workforce transformation' scheme. "In an already over-stretched system, this attempt to save money by moving staff around units and hospitals can only be seen as nonsensical," states Sandra Azocar, Executive Director of Friends of Medicare. "These front-line staff will be displaced and given the hope that they will find employment elsewhere in the system. This re-organization, transformation, whatever name one wants to give it, can only serve to cause havoc in our health care system," adds Azocar.

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    July 15, 2013

  • FOM Travels to Ontario to Take a Stand for Canadian Medicare

    Friends of Medicare will travel to Niagara-on-the-Lake on July 24th and 25th to join the Canadian Health Coalition (CHC) and other allies for a summit to call for the Harper government to renew the federal health accord expiring this year.
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    July 11, 2013

  • Government Must Choose Public Good Over Ideology for Home Care Delivery

    Friends of Medicare would like to extend our support to Home Care workers who delivered letters to Health Minister Horne and Premier Redford outlining their concerns around the changes being made to Home Care delivery in Alberta.

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    July 03, 2013

  • Take Action on For-Profit Blood Plasma Clinics

    Last week, Friends of Medicare signed on to an open letter calling on Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq to consult with Canadians on the contentious issue of whether Health Canada should approve for-profit, paid-donation blood plasma clinics to operate. After the tainted blood scandals of the 1980s, and the recommendations to not accept paid donor blood and plasma that followed, we're concerned that the Minister is rushing to approve these clinics based on a business interest, not the best interests of Canadians. You can read the letter here to find out more about the potential risks to this change in policy and to see who else has signed on to the letter: http://www.canadiandoctorsformedicare.ca/an-open-letter-to-health-minister-leona-aglukkaq.html

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    July 02, 2013