100% correct here. I know it looks like there are so many problems - how could we possibly fix them all? But look a little deeper. Almost all of these boil down to not enough healthcare workers. And why is that? /1

I posted a while ago that physician billings that require review and therefore are "Held" in queue have been severely backlogged. Well I finally got an answer on how backlogged they are Alberta Health is currently processing claims for physicians sent in January 25 2023 👇 1/x

This deserves a longer answer. I'm creating a short thread. Under the NDP and with Carl Amrhein as deputy we created a workforce planning committee. Included, medical schools, AHS, CPSA, AH and had strong technical subcommittee (for data) and a strategy committee. /1

Good for the heart and soul.

This graph illustrates why it’s so outrageous for our Premier, #DenialSmith, to lecture the federal government about electric power policies. No other provinces has seen spikes in power bills like Alberta. And it’s because the UCP turned a blind eye to price gouging by utilities.

I was a family doctor, until I couldn’t do it any more. I fear that too many others will follow suit, by Ferrukh Faruqui, MD theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl… via Globe Opinion

Alberta - we have a problem. Please call your MLA. highriveronline.com/articles/energ…

The Breakdown Mt Pleasant Isn’t dismissing legally elected municipal councillors because they don’t share the ruling provincial party’s ideology something dictators do? Isn’t dismissing legally enacted bylaws something that dictators do? #DanielleSmithIsUnfitToLead #UCPHasCrossedTheLine #UCPUnfitToGovern

ABC Special authorization forms are a barrier to care. Also, they raise my blood pressure.

The cancer crisis in AB is DIRE. Please watch & share this video of my dear friend who is battling this healthcare system collapse while her husband battles cancer. Help her get her story heard & told. Globalnews.ca CTV Edmonton CBC Edmonton CityNews Edmonton

#Ableg I hope Danielle Smith is happy tonight. How does her $4,000,000,000 surplus look now KNOWING she cut MULTIPLE programs, including Wildfire prevention, to get that surplus.. I am angry tonight. What a devastating day for Alberta.

Absolutely. Govt is not responding to primary care concerns. Things will continue to worsen. A wonderful colleague of mine (full scope rural generalist in their early to mid career) just sent out notice to their patients today .

We lost 1 doc last week due to the flaws in the funding model. Immediately 600 people in Town of High River are now without a family doctor with no other physicians currently taking patients. September announcements cannot come fast enough hopefully its enough to keep our docs

In light of the Premier's comments to add "competition" and add new hospital operators: I feel this is a very important reminder of a not long ago reversal on the decision to privatize and add "competition" and "market forces" to our HC system. cbc.ca/news/canada/ca….

Danielle Smith But your government has been running AHS directly since 2022. Are you saying that your people are running it into the ground?

This government has been directly involved in running AHS for 2 years. The entire board & top 3 tiers of leaders were placed by this government. So is this an admission that her own people have not been doing a decent job of running our HC system? Destroyed from the inside.