Further analysis and consultation by the NDP Opposition confirms the UCP’s so-called Health Statutes Amendment Act, will set the stage for profit-centered, American-style healthcare.
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The legislation currently before the House:
•Allows for-profit corporations to contract for insured health services, even at demonstrable detriment to the public health system, and at the expense of Albertans...
•Allows billing for health services directly between Government and for-profit corporations.
•Loosens restrictions and Ministerial oversight on agreements to provide surgical services, allowing for proliferation of private, for-profit companies and facilities.
•Includes yet another power grab by the Minister of Health when it comes to establishing alternative billing arrangements, allowing him to go around the Alberta Medical Association
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