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Oct 16, 2020

United Conservative Party government staffers to take pay cut as Alberta's health-care services plunged into chaos

David J. Climenhaga

The cuts will hit political staff working for the government of Alberta, including press secretaries, chiefs of staff, junior policy advisors and other staffers in the premier's office.

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Oct 15, 2020

Alberta government's claimed savings from health-care cuts don't add up

David J. Climenhaga

The fiscal benefit of the cuts will be negligible, if not negative.

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Oct 14, 2020

UCP government announces massive health-care layoffs at hastily called news conference

David J. Climenhaga

The UCP's promise to not layoff health-care professionals until after the pandemic is probably not going to keep those workers from thinking about moving to other jurisdictions.

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Jul 31, 2020

Pincher Creek doctors agree to stay for another 90 days

David J. Climenhaga

Harsh words about Alberta's UCP by local elected officials in the party's rural heartland are extremely unusual. A fight over how to keep local doctors has sparked some in Pincher Creek.

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Mar 17, 2020

Alberta COVID-19 cases rise to 74; UCP to push budget through; Jason Kenney visits the airport

David J. Climenhaga

Alberta Health Services revealed yesterday it will soon pull the plug on contracts with three of the province's largest diagnostic image providers.

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Mar 6, 2020

Coronavirus discovered in Alberta just as politics trumps facts in supervised drug clinic report

David J. Climenhaga

It is all but certain the UCP will close some or all of Alberta's safe drug consumption clinics. Meanwhile, officials say chances are still low of contracting COVID-19.

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Feb 4, 2020

Ernst & Young review of Alberta Health Services gives UCP cover to do lots, flexibility to do little

David J. Climenhaga

The consultant's report released yesterday by the Alberta government could be a harbinger of a privatization binge, or it could just turn out to be an expensive press release.

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May 31, 2019

Here's a bet: Alberta Health Services review announced yesterday will cost more than any savings it finds

David J. Climenhaga

The respected Canadian Institute of Health Information says Alberta Health Services has the lowest administrative costs in health care in Canada.

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May 15, 2019

UCP posturing around public sector wages portends a return to perpetual crisis in health care

David J. Climenhaga

If you care about health care, you've got to have a bad feeling about how this is all going to end.

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Mar 23, 2018

New statistics reveal Alberta unprepared for medical emergencies

New information obtained from Alberta Health Services (AHS) shows that the province of Alberta would not be able to cope with a large-scale medical crisis and is struggling to meet day-to-day demand.

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