I'd encourage everyone to watch the full Real Talk episode... The Mayors of Alberta's two largest cities are (nicely) calling the Premier a LIAR! She does the same with HC, spouts a bunch of nonsense with confidence, even though what she says has no basis in fact or truth...

I'd listen to this guy everyone. Got my appointment booked to get my flu+COVID shots ... just waiting for that day to arrive.

Ushers in: - govt sanctioned queue jumping - profit motive driving care over necessity - workforce depletion in our public system and ORs - longer wait times for LIFE THREATENING conditions

Let's talk PROFITIZATION of healthcare Dual Billing is Step Three of the 3 step plan by govt 1 - Help pay to build private facilities 2 - Force more care in these private facilities 3 - Allow Dual Billing without any discussion - drives workforce to private facilities

Hey AB, get your vaccines... our HC system is already struggling. The waits in our EDs are astronomical, and only going to get worse. Do your part to protect yourself, your loved ones, and our overburdened HC system. I got Influenza + Covid vaccines same day...

These waits are inhumane

Until you sit through these kinds of wait, in pain and afraid, you have no idea how terribly long those waits are… and 50% will wait longer. Dani FUBAR’d things so bad she isn’t even trying on EMS and ED wait times any more She’s given up… focusing on non-hospital private pay care instead

The wait times are no longer close to real… they’re a random number generator that the UCP govt forced someone to break. If the waits are posted as long just know it will be longer!

All by design so that the cons can “save” us with privatized for-profit healthcare and the cons (and libs) can become millionaires

The UCP Government is, as usual, doing everything it can to make your life uncomfortable and dangerous. Then it will blame Ottawa. We've experienced the cycle so many times since Danielle Smith took the helm, bought a condo in Panama and booked her first series of fully expensed vacations.

And DaniQ Smith was going to fix healthcare in 90 days! That was about 2000 days ago.

I don’t think they can relate to anyone that doesn’t have “make more money” as their core belief system.

I can't get over the visual of you walking through the waiting area with your portable visa machine!! Despite all the evidence Smith et al appear unable to see how much worse things will be with the "pay to play" scenario. I have to wonder who is gaining from this. It is certainly not Albertans.

This is a very powerful read. Take the time, it's worth it. 💕 -- “How do you do it?” the resident asked. It was not really a question. The nurse did not answer right away. “You get up,” she said. “You come back. You do not let the useless suits take away the part of medicine that is sacred.”

This is lovely. I’m a retired charge nurse. This made me cry. 😢

Breaking healthcare to let American style insurance in the door.

So beautifully written that I’m in tears. Spending way too much time in hospital settings this year and I could have written a very similar diversity story about the healthcare workers that have been caring for my husband so well💜