TOMORROW! Don't miss your chance to take part in this increasingly Urgent Conversation about OUR public health care, Alberta!
There's still time to register: www.friendsofmedicare.org/virtualtownh...
What's happening to healthcare in Alberta is potentially coming for all of us in Canada. Insurance companies will want this everywhere, and there doesn't seem to be much protecting Canada and its citizens at a federal level, @mark-carney.bsky.social. It's legitimately upending. #CdnPoli #CanPoli
🇨🇦🎂🍁🏥 Nurses and health care workers across Alberta are celebrating the 42nd anniversary of the Canada Health Act and calling on PM Mark Carney and health minister Marjorie Michel to stand up for public health care in Canada!
Today, we signed on to @friendsofmedicare.bsky.social's letter urging Prime Mark Carney & Health Minister Marjorie Michel to use their power to save Canada's public health care by enforcing the Canada Health Act against Alberta's Bill 11.
Read more here: www.friendsofmedicare.org/50_orgs_cana...
Happy Birthday 🇨🇦CANADA HEALTH ACT🇨🇦
Leave the Med debt 4 🇺🇸!
Friends of Medicare & UNursesAlberta are asking Canadians to use a cake pic & post as a reminder, medicare is worth defending.
The 🇨🇦 Health Act became law on April 17, 1984.
Today, it faces new threats from Alberta’s Bill 11 & Bill 29.
The Canada Health Act became the law of the land on April 17, 1984. With Alberta's Bill 11 we may not be celebrating this every again. #MarkCarney #MajorieMichel #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli
On the anniversary of the Canada Health Act it's hard to believe how much the greedy want to take healthcare from regular Albertans / Canadians
@mark-carney.bsky.social you need to uphold the Canada Health Act
A healthy Canada is a stronger Canada 🇨🇦
#cdnpoli
What's FOM been hearing from Albertans?
“They do not like the idea of two-tier American-style health care. They don’t trust that this legislation will improve care or capacity or wait times. They’re very upset ...They don’t want insurance companies to be in the middle of their care”: Chris Gallaway
Man with a Cake that says Happy Anniversary Canada Health Act.
Today is the 42nd anniversary of the Canada Health Act. We are calling on PM Mark Carney and Minister Marjorie Michel to enforce the Act and stop Alberta's experiement in two-tiered Medicine. Need not money should dictate care. @albertanurses.bsky.social @healthsciences.bsky.social
Happy birthday to the CHA, the foundation for universal public health care in Canada. Alberta’s Bill 11 will deepen inequities and expand two-tier care. Act now. Protect public health care. Join us in celebrating by sharing a photo of a cake, and tag PM @mark-carney.bsky.social and HM Majorie Michel
No cake for the anniversary of the Canada Health Act? No problem! 🎂 Share this, and tag Prime Minister @mark-carney.bsky.social and Health Minister Marjorie Michel. As Canadians, we must continue to champion and defend the CHA.
We all must speak up, & speak out in support of Public Health Care ✍️🧑💻 www.pm.gc.ca/en/connect/c...
'“Is today – April 17, 2026 – going to be the last anniversary of the #Canada Health Act? The answer is in your hands,” the letter concludes.
“Canadians will remember what you did.”’
#CdnPoli #AbPoli
@mark-carney.bsky.social We implore you to enforce the Canada Health Act to protect our public health care, ensure that all Albertans and Canadians are not subjected to the two-tier system Premier Smith is trying to force through.
FOM joined @albertanurses.bsky.social to celebrate the Canada Health Act's anniversary today!
Don't let this be the last! Help call on @mark-carney.bsky.social & @mark-carney.bsky.social to enforce the Act to protect public health care against AB's two-tier bill: Post cake for public health care!
Thanks for sharing!
www.friendsofmedicare.org/50_orgs_cana...
Canadians support public health care. We want to see the Canada Health Act enforced to protect patients and our health care systems against two-tier health care—and so does the PM's own party!
Today is the 42nd anniversary of the CHA. Celebrate by enforcing it, @mark-carney.bsky.social ! 🎂
Read the full letter: https://www.friendsofmedicare.org/50_orgs_canada_health_act
Read the full letter: https://www.friendsofmedicare.org/50_orgs_canada_health_act
📢🎂 Don't let today be the last anniversary of the Canada Health Act: Stop two-tier health care!
➤ Stand up for public health care by celebrating the CHA TODAY: www.una.ca/1768/stand-u...
➤ Send a message to the Health Minister & your MP: www.friendsofmedicare.org/enforcethecha
Red-filtered photo of Parliament with the text, "Over 50 organizations urge Ottawa to enforce Canada Health Act. Read more: friendsofmedicare.org/news"
On the 42nd anniversary of the Canada Health Act, it's in danger from AB's Bill 11.
FOM & 50+ orgs across Canada sent a letter to PM @mark-carney.bsky.social & Health Minister Marjorie Michel urging them to enforce the Act to protect our public health care!
www.friendsofmedicare.org/50_orgs_cana...
Don't miss these upcoming events!
"Andrew Longhurst, a senior researcher @policyalternatives.ca, said the legislation is opening the door to two-tiered health care, pointing to legislation passed in the fall that would allow physicians to practise in both the public and private sector."
edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n...
#abpoli
TOMORROW! Don't let April 17 be the last time we can celebrate the anniversary of the Canada Health Act!
Albertans deserve transparency & accountability in our health care.
But our government seems more preoccupied with shutting down critics' serious concerns—even if it means manipulating data!
“The government's tone & their refusal to admit reality & share good data is driving people away”: FOM
There's never been a more important time to stay informed & involved in defending Alberta's public health care.
And now's your chance!
Join FOM & Dr. Parks at our virtual townhall this April 19 for an Urgent Conversation on OUR public health care: www.friendsofmedicare.org/virtualtownh...
Albertans, we rejected this under Ralph Klein. We pushed back. We protested in the streets and at the Ledge. We knew then that two-tier health care creates a priority lane for those who can afford it - and it came only do so by siphoning staff and resources away from the public system. 1/
"Today's bill is nothing more than legislated queue jumping that further entrenches the government’s plan to bring in two-tier American style health care in Alberta.”
"Chris Gallaway [ED of Friends of Medicare]... said the legislation won’t help, calling it “nothing more than legislated queue jumping.”"
www.thestar.com/news/canada/...
Who interprets these tests? Dr. Gemini? Dr. Snake-oil salesman? Let's say your "Dr. Rice Krispies" says you have diabetes; what then? Who is going to treat you? Also, lab tests are only part of the picture—what about history and symptoms? What are the safeguards? #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli #bill29
“This bill is now the third Health Statutes Amendment Act brought forward by the government in less than a year, and in every case, they are rushing to overhaul legislation so that the profits of private health care corporations are prioritized over the care needs of Albertans": Chris Gallaway
Every time the government introduces more privatization, they make big promises about how it'll to save money, reduce wait times, etc. While offering no details or data to back their claims up.
But those promises never pan out. In fact: just the opposite! AB has longer waits, higher costs than ever
What's it called when you keep trying the same thing & expecting different results?🤔
Because "existing privatization of diagnostic services has already put pressure on publicly delivered services & contributed to lengthening wait times in the province."
www.stalbertgazette.com/alberta-news...
