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“Over the past four years, our health care has been thrown into chaos by the UCP,' said Notley. abpoli ableg

However, Notley said recent contracts signed by the province to pay for work at chartered surgical facilities _ private facilities performing operations paid for by the public purse _ raise concerns that key support staff are being siphoned off.

The UCP said in a statement that the changes they made were to fix a dysfunctional system overseen by Notley’s government when it was in power from 2015 to 2019.“We inherited a broken, bloated and bureaucratic health system from the NDP that was failing Albertans,” said the statement Tuesday from party spokesman Dave Prisco.“We immediately began streamlining resources to the front lines and, while progress was stalled by the pandemic, the results are now being seen.

Both parties disagree not only on the past, but also the future of health care. Both have guaranteed they will not de-list items or prescriptions currently covered by medicare.

 

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