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RSVP Edmonton: www.friendsofmedicare.org/no2tieryeg
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Will we see you there??
RSVP Edmonton: www.friendsofmedicare.org/no2tieryeg
RSVP Calgary: www.friendsofmedicare.org/no2tieryyc
We have talked to thousands of Albertans in our province-wide tour and we are excited to talk to thousands more. New tour dates announced❗➡ Urgent Conversations about Public Health Care with us and Dr. Paul Parks. RSVP HERE: www.friendsofmedicare.org/urgentconver...
Join me and @friendsofmedicare.bsky.social tonight for this important webinar!
“The privatization of plasma collection in Canada set off a dangerous precedent that erodes our voluntary donation system. What we are seeing now appears to be the direct consequence of that decision: very serious safety concerns for Canadians seeking to give their plasma"
#Plasma
#KreverCommission
FOM wrote to provincial & federal ministers over Alberta’s decision to charge for COVID vaccines, & concerns that it breached Treaty 6 Medicine Chest Clause & the Treaty Right to Health.
Everyone in this province deserves access to the care they need, yet both governments continue to pass the buck.
Blue-filtered photo of a person having blood plasma withdrawn. Text reads, "Action needed on for-profit plasma centres after deaths, non-compliant inspections. Read FOM's response: friendsofmedicare.org/news"
“It needs to be said clearly that these pay-for-plasma sites should not be allowed to operate anywhere in Alberta or Canada if the public cannot be 100% guaranteed that they are operating safely & meeting all regulatory & legal requirements”: Chris Gallaway.
www.friendsofmedicare.org/forprofit_pl...
It's not just UCP.
"Though health advocates argue the province's $100 fee amounts to a treaty violation, the federal government rebuffed a request to step in, pointing out it's still free on reserves"
Doctors, other health care workers, experts & advocates are all calling Bill 11 a dangerous existential threat to our public health care system, which puts priority on paid access & private profits over patient care.
But, Danielle Smith insists it's *technically* not illegal.
So... there's that.
Don't just watch... Join us!
📢 National Day of Action MARCH 16 📢
Edmonton: www.friendsofmedicare.org/no2tieryeg
Calgary: www.friendsofmedicare.org/no2tierYYC
Everywhere else: dayofaction.healthcoalition.ca
One week from TODAY! Join us to call for action to defend our public health care.
RSVP Edmonton: www.friendsofmedicare.org/no2tieryeg
RSVP Calgary: www.friendsofmedicare.org/no2tieryyc
Privatization of surgeries is already worsening public capacity & worsening wait times, while allegedly compromising potentially hundreds of millions in public health care funding.
But instead of improving capacity or focusing on workforce planning to improve care, she's just doubling down. Again!
Health experts say dual practice will backfire, Smith says 'they're wrong'. The dual-practice system outlined in Bill 11 would allow physicians to bill the public system while simultaneously charging other patients privately. medicinehatnews.com/news/local-n... #AbHealth #AbPoli #MedHat
"Since 1979 @friendsofmedicare.bsky.social has consistently spoken up in the interest of patients & front-line health care workers in AB. We’re proud of our decades-long track record of non-partisan, transparent and evidence-based public health care advocacy."
#abhealth
#ableg
#UCPlies
Blue-filtered photo of the Alberta Legislature building. Text reads, "Friends of Medicare Responds to Government's Attack on our Credibility. Read FOM's response: friendsofmedicare.org/news"
When politicians can't defend their own policies, they seem to increasingly resort to attacking their policy critics instead—Including FOM.
In light of their recent comments attacking our credibility, here are some of the noteworthy policy predictions FOM has made under this provincial government:
www.friendsofmedicare.org/no2tieryyc?r...
Join @friendsofmedicare.bsky.social in saying NO to two tier health care and calling on the Federal Government and Calgary Confederation MP Corey Hogan, to enforce the Canada Health Act and save public health care!
#SupportPublicHealth
#CanadaHealthAct
We're standing with partners across Canada to demand action by the federal government to stop 2 tier healthcare. We'll always fight for publicly funded, publicly delivered healthcare. Join our call on March 16 National Day of Action. Details here: www.friendsofmedicare.org/events
"A declining population means fewer people are left to die"
Too many have died. Too many families & communities have mourned losses.
We deserve evidence-based health care policy that spans beyond election cycles & political points. Help us call for it: friendsofmedicare.org/ISupportHarmReduction
RECENT DRUG ALERTS/TIPS Update for Medicine Hat and southern Alberta (March 2026)
Please review and distribute this information appropriately.
More information at: tinyurl.com/4kpt52ny
#MedHat #KeepingSafe #OverDosePreventionPlease #MHDrugCoalition
“Where is the funding. What is the timeline? What’s the plan to staff them once they’re open? When is any of that happening? ... It’s easy to promise a thousand beds. What’s the plan to actually deliver on them?” says FOM's executive director, Chris Gallaway.
Incompetent and cruel.
"“We’re not talking two years away. We’re talking many years away. And Edmonton simply cannot wait that long to get more hospital beds,” he said.
The budget, according to Manns, does not align with the messaging from government."
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
We're growing! Welcome Karlie Hanoski.
She's a progressive organizer w/ a proven record winning gains for her fellow Albertans and Canada-wide.
We need all hands on deck to protect and strengthen our public healthcare—Join Friends of Medicare to help support our work: friendsofmedicare.org/join
RECENT DRUG ALERTS/TIPS Update for Medicine Hat and southern Alberta (March 2026)
Please review and distribute this information appropriately.
More information at: tinyurl.com/4kpt52ny
#MedHat #KeepingSafe #OverDosePreventionPlease #MHDrugCoalition
A parallel private-pay system will worsen access to publicly funded surgery /via @cmaj.ca
www.cmaj.ca/content/198/...
Couldn't have had anything to do with the paywall and access barriers imposed on Albertans seeking to get vaccinated, could it?! 🤔
Alberta is reporting 250 flu deaths so far this season. Last year there were 236 influenza deaths.
Alberta's flu season is now the deadliest in recent memory as experts call for action https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-s-flu-season-deadliest-in-recent-memory-as-experts-call-for-action-9.7109033
↷ canadahealthwatch.ca 🍁
Promotional graphic for a live educational event titled “Learn to Advocate.” The design features a dominant purple background with bold white and contrasting text. Headshots of MLA Marie Renaud, disability advocate Zachary Weeks, and Michelle Kristinson from the Alberta Ability Network appear side by side. The text promotes a session focused on how to advocate against cuts to disability services in Alberta. The event is scheduled for Wednesday, March 4 at 6:30 PM and will be streamed on YouTube Live with ASL interpretation included.
EVENT INVITE 📢: Join me, @marierenaud.bsky.social and Michelle Kristinson for a live session on practical advocacy tools you can use right now.
March 4 • 6:30 PM • YouTube Live
Register: stan.store/zacharyweeks
#Alberta #YEG #YYC #DisabilityRights
Blue filtered photo of the Alberta Legislature building. Text reads, "Budget Continues Agenda of Health Care Destruction & Privatization. Read FOM's response: friendsofmedicare.org/news"
In Budget 2026, FOM was watching for key investments in public health care to address the crisis in our system.
Instead, saw a continued roll out of the government’s expensive, chaotic restructuring, while doubling-down on their failing privatization schemes.
www.friendsofmedicare.org/budget2026
Spruce Grove. March 23.
One thing that has become obvious after budget day: govt finally has to admit how much they have BLOATED the HC admin!
Looks like it took AHS from about 3.5% admin costs to 6.7% admin costs (or more)!!!
That's INSANE!
(we still don't know the AHS BLOW-UP costs yet)
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This is not a military target, thus it is a war crime. Although we always hear some excuses, like "tunnels" or "using civilians as shields."
"Under international humanitarian law, deliberately attacking a civilian school that is not being used for military purposes is considered a war crime. "