Carrie Tait
@carrietait.bsky.social
Reporter in The Globe and Mail's Calgary bureau. Loves: The Riders, the Oilers, the farm, mountains, snow. Dislikes: Daylight Saving(s) Time, raccoons, gophers, the search for New Twitter
Reposted by Carrie Tait
Alberta says allowing doctors to work in the public system and bill patients privately will shorten wait times for everyone, while keeping costs down. But critics say the plan will make care worse for everyone. Q+A w/ @carrietait.bsky.social, Braden Manns www.cbc.ca/listen/live-... via @cbcnews.ca
November 26, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Alberta says allowing doctors to work in the public system and bill patients privately will shorten wait times for everyone, while keeping costs down. But critics say the plan will make care worse for everyone. Q+A w/ @carrietait.bsky.social, Braden Manns www.cbc.ca/listen/live-... via @cbcnews.ca
Hahah! Well glad to have you on board.
And Andre Picard has your back: www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
And Andre Picard has your back: www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Opinion: Allowing doctors to practise in both public and private systems solves what exactly?
What Alberta is proposing may sound good superficially, but it makes no sense in the Canadian context
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Hahah! Well glad to have you on board.
And Andre Picard has your back: www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
And Andre Picard has your back: www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
I think your response is why it is important to publish such viewpoints! We should all read stuff we disagree with, think about why, and politely discuss why with others! This is excellent! The Globe also published Andre Picard's column shredding the idea. Yay for informed debate!
November 23, 2025 at 8:15 PM
I think your response is why it is important to publish such viewpoints! We should all read stuff we disagree with, think about why, and politely discuss why with others! This is excellent! The Globe also published Andre Picard's column shredding the idea. Yay for informed debate!