Resources

  • 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
    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!

  • Health care isn't a commodity—no one should be able to profit from the health needs of Albertans. We need to finally end these costly, risky privatization experiments & bring our labs back under the public system! Via @FriendsMedicare #ABhealth #ABleg

  • Continuing Care: Get the Facts

    Get the facts on Alberta's continuing care!

  • Major changes to our home care system are already underway. We need increased funding and systematic, disability-led reform in order to protect the autonomy of all Albertans who rely on home care services!