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ESMAIL, MOIR: 'Alberta's latest reform will improve health care despite spurious claims from opponents'

Some countries with universal health care, including Sweden and Australia, began adopting this “patient-focused” model in the early 1990s. By the early 2020s, Canada was one of only five universal health-care countries (out of 31) that did not follow this approach.

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Despite any fearmongering about “American-style” health care, the Smith government’s new patient-focused funding model for surgeries is another step towards better health care for Albertans.

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