Reading Time: 4 minutes The health-care system in theory exists for the benefit of Albertans. We pay the bills, yet we’re not at the table
Tag: Alberta healthcare
Prevention cuts demand on the health system
Reading Time: 3 minutes Increased spending has entrenched an inefficient system that has inflated the cost of getting the same outcomes. It’s time for change
Alberta should look abroad, and next door, for health care solutions
Reading Time: 3 minutes Spending continues to rise but Albertans have diminished access to care and face above-average wait times
The art of healing should include art
Reading Time: 4 minutes Sometimes it’s not enough to heal the body. Art also has a role in health care. But funding for programs that bring art to patients is in short supply in Alberta
How Alberta can deal with the ‘silver tsunami’ health-care crisis
Reading Time: 4 minutes If the NDP is going to lose the next election, the government should just fall on its sword and introduce a sales tax
High dental fees, lack of access create a health crisis
Reading Time: 4 minutes Lack of dental care affects more than oral health – it has been linked to cardiovascular and respiratory problems and diabetes
High dental fees, lack of access create a health crisis
Reading Time: 4 minutes Lack of dental care affects more than oral health – it has been linked to cardiovascular and respiratory problems and diabetes
The best kind of social medicine in Medicine Hat
Reading Time: 3 minutes By eliminating homelessness, the Alberta city has reduced the crime rate, the workload on first responders, hospital emergency visits and pressure on the courts
Alberta’s health-care spending is unsustainable
Reading Time: 3 minutes The provincial government has no option but to implement meaningful health-care policy reforms
Albertans must get inventive in health care as oil price slides
Reading Time: 3 minutes Health care needs can’t simply be turned off because provincial revenues are declining