Friends of Medicare
@friendsofmedicare.bsky.social
Friends of Medicare is a non-profit, non-partisan coalition working to defend, strengthen & expand public health care in Alberta and beyond.
Join the fight! friendsofmedicare.org/donate
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In an open letter to the Prime Minister & Health Minister, Health Coalitions representing over three million Canadians call on the federal government to intervene in the face of two-tier Medicare being brought in by Alberta's Bill 11.
Read the open letter: www.friendsofmedicare.org/uphold_theca...
Read the open letter: www.friendsofmedicare.org/uphold_theca...
December 16, 2025 at 4:32 PM
In an open letter to the Prime Minister & Health Minister, Health Coalitions representing over three million Canadians call on the federal government to intervene in the face of two-tier Medicare being brought in by Alberta's Bill 11.
Read the open letter: www.friendsofmedicare.org/uphold_theca...
Read the open letter: www.friendsofmedicare.org/uphold_theca...
"The Minister’s office is suggesting that record frostbite amputation surgeries are somehow good news. In what world is amputating a finger or a foot an ‘improved outcome for vulnerable Albertans’!?”
Read more: www.friendsofmedicare.org/record_frost...
Read more: www.friendsofmedicare.org/record_frost...
December 15, 2025 at 8:04 PM
"The Minister’s office is suggesting that record frostbite amputation surgeries are somehow good news. In what world is amputating a finger or a foot an ‘improved outcome for vulnerable Albertans’!?”
Read more: www.friendsofmedicare.org/record_frost...
Read more: www.friendsofmedicare.org/record_frost...
Reposted by Friends of Medicare
Alberta has passed Bill 11: two-tier health care letting doctors charge unlimited fees at private clinics.
Other provinces may follow.
Click below to send a letter to Health Minister Michel & your MP urging them to enforce the Canada Health Act.
SHARE if you oppose US-style health care.
Other provinces may follow.
Click below to send a letter to Health Minister Michel & your MP urging them to enforce the Canada Health Act.
SHARE if you oppose US-style health care.
Alberta’s two-tier health care law threatens us all
Send a letter urging federal action on Bill 11
www.healthcoalition.ca
December 11, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Alberta has passed Bill 11: two-tier health care letting doctors charge unlimited fees at private clinics.
Other provinces may follow.
Click below to send a letter to Health Minister Michel & your MP urging them to enforce the Canada Health Act.
SHARE if you oppose US-style health care.
Other provinces may follow.
Click below to send a letter to Health Minister Michel & your MP urging them to enforce the Canada Health Act.
SHARE if you oppose US-style health care.
Friends of Medicare hears the stories of how the slow creep of private health care is impacting Albertans & health care workers. Yesterday, the AB gov't passed Bill 11 paving the way for two-tier health care - a violation of the Canada Health Act. Take action here: win.newmode.net/stopalbertas...
December 11, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Friends of Medicare hears the stories of how the slow creep of private health care is impacting Albertans & health care workers. Yesterday, the AB gov't passed Bill 11 paving the way for two-tier health care - a violation of the Canada Health Act. Take action here: win.newmode.net/stopalbertas...
Unfortunately, after repeatedly using time allocation motions to limit debate, Bill 11 just passed third reading in the legislature.
Read more here: www.friendsofmedicare.org/bill_11_brin...
Read more here: www.friendsofmedicare.org/bill_11_brin...
December 10, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Unfortunately, after repeatedly using time allocation motions to limit debate, Bill 11 just passed third reading in the legislature.
Read more here: www.friendsofmedicare.org/bill_11_brin...
Read more here: www.friendsofmedicare.org/bill_11_brin...
In the last few weeks we've talked to nearly a thousand concerned Albertans—And we're just getting started.
We have big plans for the new year! Don't miss your chance to take part in this Urgent Conversation about YOUR public health care.
➕ Stay tuned for an event in your community TBA!
We have big plans for the new year! Don't miss your chance to take part in this Urgent Conversation about YOUR public health care.
➕ Stay tuned for an event in your community TBA!
December 2, 2025 at 10:35 PM
In the last few weeks we've talked to nearly a thousand concerned Albertans—And we're just getting started.
We have big plans for the new year! Don't miss your chance to take part in this Urgent Conversation about YOUR public health care.
➕ Stay tuned for an event in your community TBA!
We have big plans for the new year! Don't miss your chance to take part in this Urgent Conversation about YOUR public health care.
➕ Stay tuned for an event in your community TBA!
Another townhall in St. Albert yesterday!
We've been all over the province with @pfparks.bsky.social having Urgent Conversations with Albertans about their concerns with our health care. And wherever we go it's the same: folks are increasingly struggling to access the care they need & deserve.
We've been all over the province with @pfparks.bsky.social having Urgent Conversations with Albertans about their concerns with our health care. And wherever we go it's the same: folks are increasingly struggling to access the care they need & deserve.
December 2, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Another townhall in St. Albert yesterday!
We've been all over the province with @pfparks.bsky.social having Urgent Conversations with Albertans about their concerns with our health care. And wherever we go it's the same: folks are increasingly struggling to access the care they need & deserve.
We've been all over the province with @pfparks.bsky.social having Urgent Conversations with Albertans about their concerns with our health care. And wherever we go it's the same: folks are increasingly struggling to access the care they need & deserve.
Reposted by Friends of Medicare
This is how a health system burns to the ground. How Alberta's dual practice plan would drain hospital staff and delay lifesaving care, by Dr. Paul Parks canadahealthwatch.ca/2025/11/28/t... via @canadahealthwatch.ca @nicktsergas.ca
This is how a health system burns to the ground
Dr. Paul Parks explains how Alberta's dual-billing plan would drain hospital staff and delay lifesaving care.
canadahealthwatch.ca
December 1, 2025 at 6:19 PM
This is how a health system burns to the ground. How Alberta's dual practice plan would drain hospital staff and delay lifesaving care, by Dr. Paul Parks canadahealthwatch.ca/2025/11/28/t... via @canadahealthwatch.ca @nicktsergas.ca
TODAY in St. Albert‼️
Join FOM & @pfparks.bsky.social at 7:00 PM for an Urgent Conversation on the state of health care in YOUR community, and the solutions we need to make our lives and health better.
Details & RSVP: www.friendsofmedicare.org/health_care_...
Join FOM & @pfparks.bsky.social at 7:00 PM for an Urgent Conversation on the state of health care in YOUR community, and the solutions we need to make our lives and health better.
Details & RSVP: www.friendsofmedicare.org/health_care_...
December 1, 2025 at 6:13 PM
TODAY in St. Albert‼️
Join FOM & @pfparks.bsky.social at 7:00 PM for an Urgent Conversation on the state of health care in YOUR community, and the solutions we need to make our lives and health better.
Details & RSVP: www.friendsofmedicare.org/health_care_...
Join FOM & @pfparks.bsky.social at 7:00 PM for an Urgent Conversation on the state of health care in YOUR community, and the solutions we need to make our lives and health better.
Details & RSVP: www.friendsofmedicare.org/health_care_...
The truth is: Our health care system isn't broken, it's being dismantled.
It's time for an urgent conversation.
➕Join us Sunday in Ponoka: www.friendsofmedicare.org/healthcarepo...
➕or Monday in St. Albert: www.friendsofmedicare.org/health_care_...
It's time for an urgent conversation.
➕Join us Sunday in Ponoka: www.friendsofmedicare.org/healthcarepo...
➕or Monday in St. Albert: www.friendsofmedicare.org/health_care_...
November 28, 2025 at 10:16 PM
The truth is: Our health care system isn't broken, it's being dismantled.
It's time for an urgent conversation.
➕Join us Sunday in Ponoka: www.friendsofmedicare.org/healthcarepo...
➕or Monday in St. Albert: www.friendsofmedicare.org/health_care_...
It's time for an urgent conversation.
➕Join us Sunday in Ponoka: www.friendsofmedicare.org/healthcarepo...
➕or Monday in St. Albert: www.friendsofmedicare.org/health_care_...
Blowing up AHS, creating private streams for diagnostics, surgeries & health care?
“They’re really doing all this without a mandate & there was a lot of frustration from people saying, ‘I didn’t vote for two-tier health care,'" said FOM's Chris Gallaway.
reddeeradvocate.com/2025/11/28/a...
“They’re really doing all this without a mandate & there was a lot of frustration from people saying, ‘I didn’t vote for two-tier health care,'" said FOM's Chris Gallaway.
reddeeradvocate.com/2025/11/28/a...
Albertans terrified of healthcare system direction, says doctor - Red Deer Advocate
Friends of Medicare meeting attracts crowd in Red Deer
reddeeradvocate.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Blowing up AHS, creating private streams for diagnostics, surgeries & health care?
“They’re really doing all this without a mandate & there was a lot of frustration from people saying, ‘I didn’t vote for two-tier health care,'" said FOM's Chris Gallaway.
reddeeradvocate.com/2025/11/28/a...
“They’re really doing all this without a mandate & there was a lot of frustration from people saying, ‘I didn’t vote for two-tier health care,'" said FOM's Chris Gallaway.
reddeeradvocate.com/2025/11/28/a...
"Albertans need real solutions to healthcare in our province. They need a healthcare system designed by doctors, not politicians"
We deserve health care that's there for EVERYONE, not just those of us who can afford to pay for it!
We deserve health care that's there for EVERYONE, not just those of us who can afford to pay for it!
Open letter From Palliser Friends of Medicare:
The Alberta Government is trying to sell us a Pig in a Poke with its “Surgical Initiatives” and “Urgent Care Centers”. comtv.ca/free-news/20... via @mhowlnews.bsky.social #MedHat #MedicareForAll #AbHealth
The Alberta Government is trying to sell us a Pig in a Poke with its “Surgical Initiatives” and “Urgent Care Centers”. comtv.ca/free-news/20... via @mhowlnews.bsky.social #MedHat #MedicareForAll #AbHealth
OWL NEWS - Medicine Hat's Locally owned Online Broadcaster
The Alberta Government is trying to sell us a Pig in a Poke with its “Surgical Initiatives” and “Urgent Care Centers”. Our hospitals already have underused surgical suites because of not enough ...
comtv.ca
November 28, 2025 at 9:08 PM
"Albertans need real solutions to healthcare in our province. They need a healthcare system designed by doctors, not politicians"
We deserve health care that's there for EVERYONE, not just those of us who can afford to pay for it!
We deserve health care that's there for EVERYONE, not just those of us who can afford to pay for it!
Canada is above-average when it comes to private spending in health care. And where has that got us?
Higher costs & higher mortality outcomes!
This is extra concerning in Alberta, one of the most privatized health care systems in Canada. It's past time we start prioritizing patients—NOT profits!
Higher costs & higher mortality outcomes!
This is extra concerning in Alberta, one of the most privatized health care systems in Canada. It's past time we start prioritizing patients—NOT profits!
New report from @policyalternatives.ca and @iris-recherche.bsky.social shows a clear link between greater privatization in health care services and higher mortality rates—just as multiple Canadian provinces work actively to privatize those services www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
Mortality and health care privatization: A comparison between countries - CCPA
Privatization is deadly. Canada needs to learn from other countries and focus on public health care instead.
www.policyalternatives.ca
November 28, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Canada is above-average when it comes to private spending in health care. And where has that got us?
Higher costs & higher mortality outcomes!
This is extra concerning in Alberta, one of the most privatized health care systems in Canada. It's past time we start prioritizing patients—NOT profits!
Higher costs & higher mortality outcomes!
This is extra concerning in Alberta, one of the most privatized health care systems in Canada. It's past time we start prioritizing patients—NOT profits!
Support our work AND get farm-fresh onions and garlic too!🧅🧄
$10 each of these delicious, locally-grown Meadow Creek Farms bags goes towards FOM & @pialberta.bsky.social
They deliver to Edmonton, St. Albert, Sherwood Park & Fort McMurray—Get yours today! www.meadowcreekfarms.ca/product-page...
$10 each of these delicious, locally-grown Meadow Creek Farms bags goes towards FOM & @pialberta.bsky.social
They deliver to Edmonton, St. Albert, Sherwood Park & Fort McMurray—Get yours today! www.meadowcreekfarms.ca/product-page...
November 28, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Support our work AND get farm-fresh onions and garlic too!🧅🧄
$10 each of these delicious, locally-grown Meadow Creek Farms bags goes towards FOM & @pialberta.bsky.social
They deliver to Edmonton, St. Albert, Sherwood Park & Fort McMurray—Get yours today! www.meadowcreekfarms.ca/product-page...
$10 each of these delicious, locally-grown Meadow Creek Farms bags goes towards FOM & @pialberta.bsky.social
They deliver to Edmonton, St. Albert, Sherwood Park & Fort McMurray—Get yours today! www.meadowcreekfarms.ca/product-page...
“We don’t hear from doctors offices or hospitals or elsewhere that misuse of health cards is an issue they’re experiencing ... If you add a piece of bureaucracy to it, that’s a barrier for some people. We have a lot of questions,” says FOM's Chris Gallaway.
medicinehatnews.com/news/local-n...
medicinehatnews.com/news/local-n...
Renewing health cards won't cost money, but failing to do so will cost coverage - Medicine Hat News
[email protected] The UCP government is proposing a set of changes to the Alberta health card under Bill 11, sweeping health-care legislation tabled Monday. Amendments to the Health Insurance...
medicinehatnews.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:04 PM
“We don’t hear from doctors offices or hospitals or elsewhere that misuse of health cards is an issue they’re experiencing ... If you add a piece of bureaucracy to it, that’s a barrier for some people. We have a lot of questions,” says FOM's Chris Gallaway.
medicinehatnews.com/news/local-n...
medicinehatnews.com/news/local-n...
Reposted by Friends of Medicare
The Alberta Government is trying to sell us a Pig in a Poke with its “Surgical Initiatives” and “Urgent Care Centres.” medicinehatnews.com/commentary/l... #AbHealth #MedHat #MedicareForAll
November 26, 2025 at 4:16 PM
The Alberta Government is trying to sell us a Pig in a Poke with its “Surgical Initiatives” and “Urgent Care Centres.” medicinehatnews.com/commentary/l... #AbHealth #MedHat #MedicareForAll
“The government is trying to sneak through massive changes to our public health care delivery while claiming what they are doing will make things better. But those promised improvements never materialize,” said FOM's Chris Gallaway.
reddeeradvocate.com/2025/11/25/r...
reddeeradvocate.com/2025/11/25/r...
Red Deer lacks staff and facilities for dual surgery model, says surgeon - Red Deer Advocate
‘We are taking bold and decisive action to shorten wait times’: Adriana LaGrange
reddeeradvocate.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:29 PM
“The government is trying to sneak through massive changes to our public health care delivery while claiming what they are doing will make things better. But those promised improvements never materialize,” said FOM's Chris Gallaway.
reddeeradvocate.com/2025/11/25/r...
reddeeradvocate.com/2025/11/25/r...
Next stops?
📍Ponoka: Sunday, November 30 at 02:00 PM
www.friendsofmedicare.org/healthcarepo...
📍St. Albert: Monday, December 1 at 07:00 PM
www.friendsofmedicare.org/health_care_...
+ more TBA in the new year!
📍Ponoka: Sunday, November 30 at 02:00 PM
www.friendsofmedicare.org/healthcarepo...
📍St. Albert: Monday, December 1 at 07:00 PM
www.friendsofmedicare.org/health_care_...
+ more TBA in the new year!
November 26, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Next stops?
📍Ponoka: Sunday, November 30 at 02:00 PM
www.friendsofmedicare.org/healthcarepo...
📍St. Albert: Monday, December 1 at 07:00 PM
www.friendsofmedicare.org/health_care_...
+ more TBA in the new year!
📍Ponoka: Sunday, November 30 at 02:00 PM
www.friendsofmedicare.org/healthcarepo...
📍St. Albert: Monday, December 1 at 07:00 PM
www.friendsofmedicare.org/health_care_...
+ more TBA in the new year!
FOM has been touring the province with @pfparks.bsky.social, talking to hundreds of Albertans about our health care!
With the system at a breaking point, workers overwhelmed & mounting threats of privatization jeopardizing access to care—we need to have an Urgent Conversation.
Will you be there?
With the system at a breaking point, workers overwhelmed & mounting threats of privatization jeopardizing access to care—we need to have an Urgent Conversation.
Will you be there?
Friends of Medicare is coming to a town near YOU!
Friends of Medicare is coming to a town near YOU!
www.friendsofmedicare.org
November 26, 2025 at 5:11 PM
FOM has been touring the province with @pfparks.bsky.social, talking to hundreds of Albertans about our health care!
With the system at a breaking point, workers overwhelmed & mounting threats of privatization jeopardizing access to care—we need to have an Urgent Conversation.
Will you be there?
With the system at a breaking point, workers overwhelmed & mounting threats of privatization jeopardizing access to care—we need to have an Urgent Conversation.
Will you be there?
Albertans deserve a health care system that's there for us based on need, not our ability to pay. And that means making evidence-based investments that prioritize patient care, not private profits!
🛑 Stop the destruction—It's time to rebuild AB's public health care: www.rebuildourhealthcare.ca
🛑 Stop the destruction—It's time to rebuild AB's public health care: www.rebuildourhealthcare.ca
November 25, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Albertans deserve a health care system that's there for us based on need, not our ability to pay. And that means making evidence-based investments that prioritize patient care, not private profits!
🛑 Stop the destruction—It's time to rebuild AB's public health care: www.rebuildourhealthcare.ca
🛑 Stop the destruction—It's time to rebuild AB's public health care: www.rebuildourhealthcare.ca
Time to share this vid again! via @cdnhealthcoalition.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3wf...
Privatizing health care won't fix wait times. For most of us, they'll get worse. What Albertans really need is public solutions to improve workforce & capacity, not more schemes to pad private profits!
Privatizing health care won't fix wait times. For most of us, they'll get worse. What Albertans really need is public solutions to improve workforce & capacity, not more schemes to pad private profits!
Why does private health care lengthen public wait times? (HD)
YouTube video by HealthCoalition
www.youtube.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Time to share this vid again! via @cdnhealthcoalition.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3wf...
Privatizing health care won't fix wait times. For most of us, they'll get worse. What Albertans really need is public solutions to improve workforce & capacity, not more schemes to pad private profits!
Privatizing health care won't fix wait times. For most of us, they'll get worse. What Albertans really need is public solutions to improve workforce & capacity, not more schemes to pad private profits!
Another stop on our Alberta-wide tour: Red Deer!
200+ ppl joined FOM, @pfparks.bsky.social s & local ER physician, Dr. Thara Kumar, for an urgent convo about what's being done to our healthcare & solutions to ensure EVERYONE in this province has access to the timely, quality public care we deserve💙
200+ ppl joined FOM, @pfparks.bsky.social s & local ER physician, Dr. Thara Kumar, for an urgent convo about what's being done to our healthcare & solutions to ensure EVERYONE in this province has access to the timely, quality public care we deserve💙
November 25, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Another stop on our Alberta-wide tour: Red Deer!
200+ ppl joined FOM, @pfparks.bsky.social s & local ER physician, Dr. Thara Kumar, for an urgent convo about what's being done to our healthcare & solutions to ensure EVERYONE in this province has access to the timely, quality public care we deserve💙
200+ ppl joined FOM, @pfparks.bsky.social s & local ER physician, Dr. Thara Kumar, for an urgent convo about what's being done to our healthcare & solutions to ensure EVERYONE in this province has access to the timely, quality public care we deserve💙
Albertans didn't vote for two-tier health care!
“Bill 11 is the exact opposite of [the Premier's] so-called public health care guarantee during the election. This unacceptable legislation should be pulled from the order paper immediately," said FOM's Chris Gallaway.
rdnewsnow.com/2025/11/24/a...
“Bill 11 is the exact opposite of [the Premier's] so-called public health care guarantee during the election. This unacceptable legislation should be pulled from the order paper immediately," said FOM's Chris Gallaway.
rdnewsnow.com/2025/11/24/a...
Alberta bill allows doctors to toggle between public and private pay for surgeries
The Alberta government has tabled a bill that would open the door for surgeons to charge patients for privatel...
rdnewsnow.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Albertans didn't vote for two-tier health care!
“Bill 11 is the exact opposite of [the Premier's] so-called public health care guarantee during the election. This unacceptable legislation should be pulled from the order paper immediately," said FOM's Chris Gallaway.
rdnewsnow.com/2025/11/24/a...
“Bill 11 is the exact opposite of [the Premier's] so-called public health care guarantee during the election. This unacceptable legislation should be pulled from the order paper immediately," said FOM's Chris Gallaway.
rdnewsnow.com/2025/11/24/a...
“None of this was something that Albertans were asked about in an election. And now it's being rammed through the legislature without any consultation with stakeholders, let alone Albertans,” said FOM's executive director, Chris Gallaway.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Alberta medical leaders want more consultation after new bill unveiled featuring dual health-care system | CBC News
A new bill aimed at allowing Alberta physicians to practise in both private and public health-care systems will keep family doctors out of the private system — for now.
www.cbc.ca
November 25, 2025 at 6:12 PM
“None of this was something that Albertans were asked about in an election. And now it's being rammed through the legislature without any consultation with stakeholders, let alone Albertans,” said FOM's executive director, Chris Gallaway.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
📢Take action to Protect + Rebuild Alberta's health care! rebuildourhealthcare.ca
November 24, 2025 at 10:33 PM
📢Take action to Protect + Rebuild Alberta's health care! rebuildourhealthcare.ca