Meanwhile in Alberta, DS is giving our hospital ownership to private companies and using separatism’s blaring ignorance to keep our minds off of the loss of public health care. #misdirectionUCP #AlbertasLoss #HealthcareAlberta #WeAreCanadian Can the federal Government help? Seriously.
6/8 "When we look at orthopedic surgery costs and for-profit facilities, they're up to two times more expensive than the very same procedures performed in public hospitals," Longhurst told CBC Edmonton AM.
#HealthcareAlberta #ABpoli #TaxpayerValue #ABleg #ABhealth
4/8 The report follows the January firing of Alberta Health Services CEO Athana Mentzelopoulos, who claimed in a lawsuit that she was pressured to extend private surgery contracts she worried weren't in taxpayers' best interests.
#HealthcareAlberta #Accountability #ABpoli #ABleg #ABhealth
3/8 Researcher Andrew Longhurst's "Operation Profit" report reveals that median wait times for 9 of 11 priority surgeries have actually increased under the Alberta Surgical Initiative (ASI) despite claims that privatization would reduce delays.
#HealthcareAlberta #PatientCare #ABpoli #ABhealth
2/8 The analysis from Parkland Institute shows public payments to for-profit surgical facilities increased by 225% between 2018-19 and 2023-24, while public hospital operating-room expenditures grew by only 12% during a similar period.
#HealthcareAlberta #WaitTimes
