Alberta family doctor dedicated ๐ฏ to helping fellow Albertans. Privatization is the agenda, the rest is distraction. Healthcare/Education are investments. ๐๐
Alberta doctors agreed to meet the governmentโs demand to cap physician spending at 4.57B. That offer has been sitting on Shandroโs desk for 19 days.
Why didnโt Shandro accept it or at least offer a counter proposal?
Alberta doctors started negotiating in November, but has had 6 proposal shot down by Shandro. Before negotiations began, Shandro introduced legislation to tear up the contract with Alberta doctors should negotiations fail.
Tyler took away their masks ๐ฉโ๐
Tyler took away their hazard pay ๐งฏ
Tyler ripped up their contract ๐งจ
Tyler fought their union in every way ๐
Tyler yelled on their driveways,
Tyler called them at night;
Tyler said they got paid too
much, and that wasn't right.
Then along came Corona๐ฆ
A deadly arsonist to fight,
Burning down hospitals,๐ฅ
Doctors worked all through the night.
But STILL Tyler took away their masks.
Again Tyler took away their hazard pay
Tyler kept their contract ripped up,
Tyler fought their union every day
*Names, characters, business, events and incidents are the products of the authorโs imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.*
One day, Tyler (a lawyer by trade) became a Health Minister. He was in charge of a health crisis. One that was in the works for years: #Privatization
Then a deadly virus, Corona, came along that and a president drink bleach.
2. Crack down on college students, so they wonโt oppose you (hint: burden them with so much student debt and make it so hard for them to find good jobs that they wonโt dare rock the boat).
@roger4LivMac If this was about sustainability, the evidence is clear that investing in primary care is where lives and money can be saved.
These cuts do the opposite.
These cuts just serve @shandro and his private insurance company.
@roger4LivMac@shandro Adding Family Physicians to a population improves health outcomes greater than any other physician group. For every additional 10 family physicians per 100,000 population, there are 15 fewer deaths, 40 fewer hospitalizations7 and an average increase in life expectancy of 52 days
Now that @Albertadoctors are getting the courts to support the fight against #COVID19, it is time we use our energy to unite with other advocacy groups in Alberta for all social issues that affect our patients.
Alberta Doctors support our patients right to quality public education.
Evidence shows that patients involved in their healthcare decisions leads to better outcomes. Our paediatric patients need access to an effective and free education.
Alberta doctors recognize that we need the best research to support our patients. @UCalgary and @UAlberta were once known to produce amazing research and amazing doctors.
Physicians are currently paid more to see patients in person than over the phone/virtual/using an app. In fact, the payment for phone calls/virtual health is so low, that you canโt pay for office expenses on that income.
As a result, there has been no financial incentive to develop virtual technologies in Alberta that could connect patients with their own family doctors.
Enter a crisis where virtual visits/phone calls would reduce the spread of coronavirus.
