Did Alberta attempt to cut health care costs too quickly?

R Cairney - CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, 1994 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
But local community associations weren't going to let that hap-pen without a fight. They
rallied residents to express their concerns, and after an estimated 15 000 area residents …

Alberta's Friends of Medicare seek acceptance in a sceptical province

C Gray - CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, 1995 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Alberta has probably made the strongest efforts of any province to reduce its health care
costs. Leading the opposition to the cuts is an organization called the Friends of Medicare, a …

The good ship Alberta enters uncharted waters in attempt to make huge health care spending cuts.

LS Williams - CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, 1994 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
L'initiative d'envergure lancee par l'Alberta afin de sabrer plus de 700 millions de dollars de
l'enveloppe budgetaire de la sante au cours des 4 prochaines annees a reduit] es salaires …

Cut costs, minister warns Alberta physicians and patients.

L Morningstar - CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, 1986 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Drastic restraint. Minister of Hospitals and Medical Care Marvin Moore suggested health
costs could be cut if patients paid their own medical bills and were reimbursed later:" In a …

Governments attacked fee increases and physicians' freedoms

NNGW take Alberta - CAN MED ASSOC J, 1984 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
BRITISH COLUMBIA-The provincial government introduced Bill 24 in July and the resulting
furor among BC physicians rivaled that which occurred during the fee negotiations of 1981 …

Health care reform comes to Alberta:" we're making this up as we go along".

R Cairney - CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, 1995 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Alberta left physicians out in the cold when Premier Ralph Klein's government began to
slash the province's health care budget. Frustrated and angered at being excluded from the …

Alberta health minister takes “honest approach” at AMA annual meeting

RA Morgan - Canadian Medical Association Journal, 1979 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The mishandling of federal healthcare funds by provincial govern ments and indiscriminate
provincial financial restraints is creating an" increasingly inflammable" atmosphere in …

Health care spending Alberta-bound?

R Lampard - CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, 1996 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
n the article" Alberta's Friends of Medicare seek acceptance in a sceptical province"(Can
Med Assoc J 1995; 153: 1498-1500), Charlotte Gray states that the proportion of the …

Dr. Hill and Dr. Martin go to Ottawa

C Gray - CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, 1994 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Du uring last fall's election campaign, political pundits didn't expect medicare to be a hot
issue because Kim Campbell was hell-bent on talking about the deficit and Jean Chretien …

OMA annual meeting: why negotiate with government?

M Dunlop - Canadian Medical Association Journal, 1981 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
If the people of Ontario want to save thehealth care system from the onslaught of budget
restrictions they're going to have to pay for a little of it themselves, Dr. Robert MacMillan …