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  • Mythbuster: Is our public health care system broken?

    MYTH: Our public health care system is broken, so two-tier health care must be the solution
    FACT: Our health care isn’t broken, it’s being dismantled
    Alyssa Pretty

    Written by Alyssa Pretty
    August 14, 2026

  • Mythbuster: How does privatization really impact health care wait times?

    MYTH: Privatization will fix long wait times
    FACT: Privatization makes waits worse for everyone except the healthiest and wealthiest
    Alyssa Pretty

    Written by Alyssa Pretty
    August 14, 2026

  • Mythbuster: What's the real cost of health care privatization?

    MYTH: Privatization costs less
    FACT: Privatization funnels public funding into private profit
    Alyssa Pretty

    Written by Alyssa Pretty
    August 14, 2026

  • Bill 11: Explained

    What's Bill 11? Your explainer on Alberta’s new two tier, American-style health care legislation from @FriendsofMedicare

  • Filling the Gap

    Report: Examining the Downloading of Health Care Costs onto Alberta Municipalities

  • Access Denied Report

    Report: How the Changing Accessibility of Health-Care Services in Alberta Impacts Equity

  • Public Funds, Private Profit

    Public Funds for Private Profit: The Evolution of Health Care Privatization in Alberta

  • Health Care Navigation Resources in Alberta

    Health Care Navigation Resources in Alberta

  • Health Care Privatizer Decoder

    Health care announcements keep being made... but something seems fishy. With all the politicking, real intentions can be hard to parse—That's why we created this decoder. 

    Watch out for these words! When the government uses them, what they’re really talking about is their plan to continue privatizing and dismantling our public health care system.

    Fom Friends of Medicare

    Written by Fom Friends of Medicare
    February 22, 2025

  • The facts on Pharmacare

    Did you know that Canada is the only country with a universal health care system that does NOT provide universal coverage of medically necessary prescriptions? 😱 We need Pharmacare NOW!

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