HELLO Alberta! #ableg The UCP government is planning to PRIVATIZE lab services. This is part of our health care system. The first step, I expect, in privatizing all of it. Why is no one talking about this??? @CBCCalgary @CBCEdmonton THIS IS NEWS!!!! People care about health care.
Why is this news, you may ask... Well, it means that every time your doctor send you for a screening test - blood, urine, mammogram, colonoscopy, or for a diagnostic test - X-ray, ultrasound, MRI, CT-scan, etc., YOU will be paying directly for it.
Or perhaps you will be paying higher insurance premiums so they can pay for it on your behalf. In the US, insurers have a reputation for questioning and not covering some tests. The more tests you have, the more your premiums go up. Whether insurance covers them or not...
Because the record of you having the tests suggests a potential risk. This is the erosion of our Universal Health Care. This will adversely affect the availability and quality of care the most vulnerable in our province can access. It will increase health care costs for everyone.
I am calling on our Federal Government, @JustinTrudeau , to protect and enforce our Canada Health Act. Premiers like Kenney will push this as far as he can, all the way to full privatization, if he isn't stopped.
Protecting our universal health care is one of the principle responsibilities of the Federal Government of Canada. Educating the public about issues like this is one of the principle responsibilities of our national broadcaster. @JustinTrudeau @CBCNews
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