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The AB government announced a navigation portal for seniors in need of continuing care... And that's it.

But while seniors face real issues with the system, the government keeps privatizing & eroding care standards. Seniors in Alberta deserve real change!

Watch FOM's Chris Gallaway on Global news:

Can we just have an Inquiry! If this was any other company the people responsible would no longer be employed. #ABleg #ABpoli #Cdnpoli

Blue-filtered photo of a health care worker pushing a seniors' wheelchair. Text reads, "Real Changes Needed for Continuing Care in Alberta"

Yesterday the AB government announced a new navigation portal for continuing care. But a portal can't fix the many structural problems in our system: short staffing, lack of capacity, degraded care standards... the list goes on!

Seniors deserve real change.
www.friendsofmedicare.org/change_neede...

Albertans join lobby to get feds to stop two-tier health care - Red Deer Advocate ‘Step up and protect our treasured public health care before it is too late’: Friends of Medicare

Friends of Medicare said Alberta’s passing of Bill 11: the Health Statutes Amendment Act 2025 in December could mean the end of universal public Medicare in Canada, according to a recent report by the @policyalternatives.ca and the Parkland Institute reddeeradvocate.com/2026/02/10/a...

Three more townhalls this week!

Don't miss these urgent conversations: www.friendsofmedicare.org/urgentconver...

Thank you Senator Wells!

FOM staff & board members spent the last 3 days at the Canadian Health Coalition's annual lobby on the Hill, speaking with MPs, rallying for public health care & meeting with hundreds of health care workers & advocates about the issues facing our health care—and what we can do together to fix it!

Whatever became of those ‘triage liaison’ docs who were supposed to ease the crisis in Alberta’s big-city Emergency Rooms? - Alberta Politics Whatever became of those elusive “triage liaison” docs who were supposed to be a Band-Aid on the crisis in Alberta’s big-city Emergency Rooms while the United Conservative Party Government figured out...

Whatever became of those ‘triage liaison’ docs who were supposed to ease the crisis in Alberta’s big-city ERs? albertapolitics.ca/2026/02/what...

Health care is a human right The federal government cannot let privatization erode access to the public system.

“It’s time the federal government acts to safeguard our health system. Nurses and health-care workers point to chronic understaffing and unsafe workloads as the most urgent challenges in health care in our country..."

Chris Gallaway of @friendsofmedicare.bsky.social called the Alberta legislation a “gift to the private insurance industry” and warned that American health care companies could use it to seek a foothold in Canada. medicinehatnews.com/news/nationa... #AbLeg #AbHealth

There's no debate: EVERYONE in Canada deserves timely access to quality public health care—Not just those who can afford exorbitant monthly insurance & massive deductables.

Our Medicare has been there for us. It's time for us to be there for our Medicare.

📢 www.friendsofmedicare.org/NoTwoTier

Albertans join lobby to get feds to stop two-tier health care - Red Deer Advocate ‘Step up and protect our treasured public health care before it is too late’: Friends of Medicare

“Bill 11 brings two-tier, American-style health care to Alberta. It will mean that Albertans will experience a system where those who have money will be able to pay to have access to quicker care & the rest of us will be left waiting longer or go without," said FOM's Chris Gallaway.

With unprecedented attacks on our public health care (esp. Alberta's Bill 11) we need our federal government to take a stand against American style two-tier health care & enforce the Canada Health Act.

Watch FOM's Chris Gallaway in today's press conference with allies from across the country:

Chris Gallaway of @friendsofmedicare.bsky.social called the Alberta legislation a “gift to the private insurance industry” and warned that American health care companies could use it to seek a foothold in Canada. medicinehatnews.com/news/nationa... #AbLeg #AbHealth

RFK Jr. and Mike Tyson want you to believe that MAHA is just about eating healthier.

But in reality, MAHA has been focused on firing the food and medical research experts who actually make America healthy.

That's why FOM's In Ottawa, with 200+ health care workers & advocates (incl. 30+ Albertans!) to meet with federal representatives & rally for urgent action to protect our public health care!

📢 Amplify our message to protect our public health care: win.newmode.net/stopalbertas...

Health advocates say Liberals need to take a stance on Alberta's health privatization OTTAWA — A group of health care advocates is on Parliament Hill lobbying lawmakers and calling on the federal government to take a stance on Alberta’s latest moves to expand private health care. Premi...

Alberta cannot be given free reign to undermine and privatize Canada's public health care!

Blthe impact of Bill 11 won't stop at Alberta's borders. Too much is at stake for our Federal Government to stay silent on this issue.

halifax.citynews.ca/2026/02/09/h...

‘Take the vaccine, please,’ Dr Oz urges amid rising measles cases in US Health official’s endorsement comes as South Carolina faces hundreds of cases and US risks losing elimination status

Flip flopping is not good for public health or public trust.

All this angst could have been avoided altogether.

🧪 www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Dr. Caitlin Christie looks at emails. A recent survey found the average doctor spends 9 hours a week on administrative tasks.

'It wasn't like this 20 years ago': How an administrative tsunami is driving family doctors to burnout https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/article/it-wasnt-like-this-20-years-ago-how-an-administrative-tsunami-is-driving-family-doctors-to-burnout/

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Blue-filtered photo of a hospital emergency department entrance. Text reads, "Albertans Head to Ottawa to Demand Action on Bill 11. Read FOM's release: friendsofmedicare.org/news"

FOM & over 200 advocates & health care workers (incl. 30+ Albertans!) are in Ottawa this week for the Canadian Health Coalition's annual lobby for public health care!

We're calling on our federal government to speak up & enforce the Canada Health Act: www.friendsofmedicare.org/albertanshea...

Another day, another stop on our public health care townhall tour!✅

Last night we joined Dr. @pfparks.bsky.social & local family physician Dr. Tessa Penrod in Beaumont, where community members showed up to tell stories & voice concerns about the direction Alberta's health care is headed in.

With two-tier health care being imposed on us by the Alberta's Bill 11, it's up to us to fight for our public health care when it needs us most. Luckily, Albertans keep province they're are on our side!

✨Join the momentum!✨

📢Upcoming townhalls in Camrose, Vegreville, Edmonton & Grande Prairie:

Dual practice means two-tier health: critics - Medicine Hat News zmason@medicinehatnews.com Experts say Bill 11, the Health Statutes Amendments Act, represents the foundations for the first two-tier health-care system in Canada. Although the province says it is dra...

The Alberta government is trying to downplay the dangers of Bill 11

But if we open the door to two-tier health care & the multi-trillion dollar American health care industry, it will be next to impossible to close again.

Albertans deserve public health care!

medicinehatnews.com/news/local-n...

The end of Canadian medicare? Alberta legislation opens the door to U.S. health care - CCPA Alberta’s two-tier health care legislation ends single-payer public health care and puts Canadian medicare at risk

New report from me + @poliscirish.bsky.social

The end of Canadian medicare?

Alberta legislation opens the door to US health care by creating a private health insurance market

#abpoli #cdnpoli

www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

How Alberta Plans to Kill Public Health Care Across Canada | The Tyee A new law opens the door for two-tier care that would destroy medicare.

The purpose of Alberta’s Health Statutes Amendment Act is to destroy public health care as we know it.

Not just in Alberta, but throughout Canada, by legislating two-tier health care. @djclimenhaga.bsky.social writes. #abpoli

Final word on Bill 11:

This legslation is not designed as a parallel hybrid system in which both public and private streams are supported to deliver quality care with equal access. It is designed to bolster a for-profit healthcare market at the expense of the public system. 1/

An Urgent Conversation: Public Health Care in Hinton

HINTON! Will we see you tonight??

Join FOM and @pfparks.bsky.social for an Urgent Conversation about health care in your community! Because we deserve public health care that works for ALL of us, when and where we need it.

Details & RSVP: www.friendsofmedicare.org/public_healt...

Things you could buy with $30 million…

- Planning for ~ 16 urgent care centers
- Funding for orthopedic surgeries at the RAH for 125 years
- 85 new ambulances (fully stocked)
- 5,000 bottles of off brand children’s medication on pharmacy shelves.

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

Dual practice means two-tier health: critics - Experts say the dual-practice model proposed is unprecedented in Canada. medicinehatnews.com/news/local-n... #MedHat #AbLeg #AbHealth

🚨“If Albertans don’t want a two-tier American-style health care now is the moment to make that clear. Now is the moment to speak up & to take action": FOM's Chris Gallaway.

📢Send a message: www.rebuildourhealthcare.ca#take-action

📢Say NO to two-tier health care: www.friendsofmedicare.org/notwotier