Alberta’s premier says the province has begun reforming its health system despite being disappointed with the $196 billion health fund that the federal government has pledged to the provinces and territories over the next 10 years.
“Obviously, the premiers were somewhat disappointed with the amount of new funding announced for health care,” Danielle Smith told reporters at a press conference on Feb. 9.
“However, Alberta will use its new dollars to accelerate the health reforms that we’ve already commenced here to decrease ER wait times, to decrease ambulance response times, to decrease surgery backlogs, as well as to recruit more front line workers, especially in primary care.”…