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You can never believe anything until it’s been officially denied: The UCP just denied it wants to privatize health care

by David ClimenhagaMarch 24, 2023March 24, 2023

Don’t worry, Alberta, Health Minister Jason Copping wants you to know that here in Wild Rose Country, private is public.

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Lion’s share of UCP health spending announced yesterday is earmarked for finding docs for rural areas

by David ClimenhagaFebruary 17, 2023February 17, 2023

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NDP vows more access to family docs in what looks like the Opposition’s opening shot of 2023 election campaign

by David ClimenhagaFebruary 16, 2023February 16, 2023

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Impasse: Ottawa unlikely to fork over billions to make health care better if Conservative premiers insist on using the cash to make it worse

by David ClimenhagaJanuary 12, 2023January 12, 2023

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Premier Smith to nurses and doctors: Forget about measures to mitigate respiratory disease spread, the UCP is for ‘choice’

by David ClimenhagaDecember 23, 2022December 23, 2022

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UCP fires AHS board, names sole administrator, promises big changes fast: No such thing will happen

by David ClimenhagaNovember 18, 2022November 18, 2022

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In speech, Rachel Notley vows to put health care on ballot in 2023, reinstate harm-reduction programs, end UCP privatization plans

by David ClimenhagaMay 28, 2022May 28, 2022

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UCP’s instinct for making things worse turns Alberta’s ongoing hospital capacity crisis into a catastrophe

by David ClimenhagaMay 2, 2022May 2, 2022

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That Delta variant COVID-19 scenario that Jason Kenney just didn’t see happening? As summer ends, it’s happening

by David ClimenhagaAugust 23, 2021

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UCP walks back plan to end COVID testing; AHS ponders hiring expensive contract nurses while trying to cut staff nurses’ pay

by David ClimenhagaAugust 14, 2021

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Welcome home, blogger! Don’t worry about closed Alberta hospital beds – we have pepper spray and pickup trucks

by David ClimenhagaJuly 26, 2021

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COVID-19 is out of control and Alberta’s United Conservative Party Government looks like a deer in the headlights

by David ClimenhagaNovember 14, 2020November 14, 2020