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Future of health care at stake

Posted on Blog · June 02, 2014 12:00 PM
By Paul Cowley - Red Deer Advocate
 
Published: June 01, 2014
 
In a B.C. courtroom this fall, nothing less than the future of Canada’s health-care system will be at stake, says the B.C. Health Coalition.
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Funding formula will make health-care crisis worse: group

Posted on Blog · January 31, 2013 12:00 PM

Friends of Medicare members Sam Denhaan, Sandra Azocar, and Brenda Corney visited Symphony Senior Living Aspen Ridge on Wednesday to show their support for striking AUPE staff.
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By Susan Zielinski - Red Deer Advocate
Published: January 31, 2013 8:35 AM

Friends of Medicare says the crisis in seniors care happening at Symphony Senior Living Aspen Ridge is only the beginning.

Nearly 130 licensed practical nurses, health-care aides and other staff walked off the job on Monday after contract talks failed at the seniors care facility located at 3100 22nd St. in Red Deer.

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Defenders of Medicare

Posted on Blog · January 02, 2013 12:00 PM

By Susan Zielinski - Red Deer Advocate
Published: January 02, 2013 7:41 AM

 

Brenda Corney definitely wasn’t a typical 12-year-old in 1961.

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Put care ahead of pursuit of profit

Posted on Blog · May 18, 2011 12:00 PM

Recently there have been editorials and comments about the decision of Alberta Hospital Services to give more autonomy to five regions to make decisions closer to where they will impact people.

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The UCP government pays $3M to high priced consultants to repackage and force their privatization agenda

March 26, 2021 EDMONTON The UCP government pays $3M to high priced consultants to repackage and force their privatization agenda In July 2020, the UCP passed Bill 30: The Health Statutes Amendment Act, provincial legislation that proposes to cut approval times required for private surgical facilities. Shortly after, the government announced...

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