FOM is proud to sign on to this statement with @cmadocs.bsky.social & orgs representing Canada’s health workforce! Federal health care funding is needed, but we need strings-attached to ensure the the Canada Health Act is upheld & our systems sustained: www.friendsofmedicare.org/canadas_heal...

Today Canada's premiers met in Charlottetown — So FOM was there too! And today we rallied outside the premiers' meeting alongside health coalitions, health care workers, unions & concerned people from all across this country to send one unified message: STOP the privatization of our health care!🛑

As Canada's premiers meet for the Council of the Federation in Charlottetown today, Friends of Medicare is joining health coalitions from across the country in calling for an end to the spread of U.S. style, two-tier health care. Read our joint statement: www.friendsofmedicare.org/health_coali...

Check out some excellent new reporting from The Tyee and research from CCPA on lessons we can learn from Scotland to help fix our health care system here at home. Links to both articles here: tr.ee/U7vxHj67_j

Expect longer MRI wait times, Albertans. Barely 2 months after Bill 29 passed, for-profit health care corporations like TELUS Health are wasting no time charging thousands of dollars out-of-pocket for diagnostic testing—regardless of actual medical need. www.friendsofmedicare.org/3000_dollar_...

400+ Public Health Inspectors & colleagues are being transferred out of AHS and into direct government employment. FOM is extremely concerned about the impact this move will have on Albertans' public health & safety in daycares, seniors' care & more. www.friendsofmedicare.org/strong_publi...

FOM joined St. Michael's LTC workers today for their Care Delayed is Care Denied rally! Because AB's seniors' care is in crisis, with unsafe workloads & unmet care needs. More @aupe.org rallies are upcoming—Join in solidarity + sign their petition for minimum care hours for seniors in care!✊

🚨Alberta is enacting two tier, American-style health care where the rich can pay for access, while the rest of us wait longer or go without. We're fighting back—& you can help!🤝 Get your Action Kit today to help defend public health care in YOUR community: www.friendsofmedicare.org/ActionKit

ICYMI: Here is the summary of the legal opinion from @gpllp.bsky.social stating clearly that Bill 11 Violates Canada Health Act requirements for Universality, Accessibility and Comprehensiveness, and prohibitions on extra-billing and user charges. assets.nationbuilder.com/friendsofmed...

The Alberta government has moved quickly. We need our Federal government to act quickly too. Bill 11 puts the very foundation of Canada's public health care at risk—the Minister's statement today is far from enough. 📢Tell Marjorie Michel we need action NOW: friendsofmedicare.org/EnforceTheCHA

The AB government has moved forward on Activity-Based Funding, forcing hospitals to compete for funding by performing surgeries as fast as possible. Yet another convoluted privatization scheme instead of properly staffing & resourcing our hospitals! www.friendsofmedicare.org/surgical_vou...

This Alberta Seniors Week, seniors deserve more than just recognition. “At every turn, our provincial government is shovelling public health care funding into the profits of private providers, rather than investing in the public good,” said Chris Gallaway www.friendsofmedicare.org/seniors_week...

Enough is enough. It's time for all of us to come together: for one another, for better communities, and for public services that are there for all of us. Because your fight is our fight! And when we fight... We WIN. ✊💙

🪧 Today FOM took to the streets (with a few thousand friends!) to join @abfedlabour.bsky.social's Alberta-wide protests to fight back against this provincial government's attacks on our public health care & education, against scapegoating marginalized communities, against division & separatism!

Hi @hsaalberta.bsky.social delegates! 👋 We're at convention this week too! Come by our table to snag a public health care sticker or button, and talk to us about two tier, American-style health care legislation in Alberta and what we can do together to stop it 🛑

An Urgent Conversation on public health care! 📍CHESTERMERE: Sunday, May 31 Doors 6:30 pm, Townhall 7:00 pm Camp Chestermere (1041 E Lakeview Rd) FREE & public! All welcome RSVP: friendsofmedicare.org/healthcarech...

An Urgent Conversation on public health care! 📍OKOTOKS: Sunday, May 31 Doors 1:30 pm, Townhall 2:00 pm Best Western (100 Southbank Rd) FREE & public! All welcome RSVP: friendsofmedicare.org/publichealth...

An Urgent Conversation on public health care! 📍CANMORE: Saturday, May 30 Doors 1:30 pm, Townhall 2:00 pm Canmore Legion (834 7 St) FREE & public! All welcome RSVP: friendsofmedicare.org/healthcareca...

* THIS WEEKEND * : FOM & Dr. @pfparks.bsky.social are heading back to the YYC-region for the final 3 stops of our 25 community tour! Join us in Canmore, Okotoks or Chestermere for your LAST CHANCE to take part in this Urgent Conversation about YOUR health care! Here's where we'll be:

☀️Yesterday beautiful outside. But inside, Sherwood Park still packed the house! Momentum is growing—people across Alberta are showing up & ready to fight back against this government's agenda to privatize our health care & create two tiered access. We're with you🤝And we're not letting up!

Announcing a brand new FOM chapter in Drayton Valley! 🥳 "We invite all who are interested to join our chapter to support our efforts that are focused on everyone’s right to equal and timely access to quality health care”: Chapter Chair, Dr. Mike Murphy. www.friendsofmedicare.org/drayton_chap...

FOM's Chris Gallaway & Red Deer Chapter chair Brenda Reid spent the lunch hour rallying with @cupealberta.bsky.social HCWs & advocates outside of Minister LaGrange's office! The message was simple: Hands off our public health care! 📢 Act now to amplify: www.rebuildourhealthcare.ca#take-action

We've already talked to thousands of Albertans in 22 communities across this province—and we want to talk to YOU too! Catch our FINAL townhalls this month in 📍Strathcona County, 📍Canmore, 📍Okotoks, or 📍Chestermere. ➕Details & RSVP: www.friendsofmedicare.org/UrgentConver...

FOM's next townhall with Dr. @pfparks.bsky.social is your LAST CHANCE to join us in the Edmonton area! We're in📍Strathcona County on May 26 for an Urgent Conversation on public health care in YOUR community. ➕Don't miss it! www.friendsofmedicare.org/healthcaresh...

✊📢 Red Deer friends: Join @cupealberta.bsky.social health care workers & supporters of public health care for this rally TOMORROW! We'll be there—will you? Show up and tell Minister LaGrange how you REALLY feel: Hands off our health care!

Thanks for coming out, Slave Lake! Albertans keep telling us that they're facing major barriers to accessing care, between capacity/staffing shortages & policy that puts profits over patients. As we heard yesterday: we urgently need a change of course! www.friendsofmedicare.org/tags/actions

Instead of improving EMS & supporting frontline workers... it's yet another rebrand. “Enough with new logos & endless restructuring! We need our government to focus on the real issue in our emergency health care system: the workforce,” says Chris Gallaway. www.friendsofmedicare.org/wrong_priori...

📍 TODAY: We're headed to you, Slave Lake! It's your LAST CHANCE to catch a @pfparks.bsky.social townhall—Don't miss this Urgent Conversation on public health care in YOUR community, issues you're experiencing, & solutions we urgently need to fix it. RSVP: www.friendsofmedicare.org/healthcaresl...

It's National Nurses Week! It's a chance to say THANK YOU—but thanks is never enough. Especially while chronic short-staffing & over-capacity strains our system. Working conditions = care conditions! 💟This Nurses Week, help us demand better for nurses & their patients: rebuildourhealthcare.ca

FOM joined @aupe.org members & allies today to raise alarm over the relocation of family medicine beds from the U of A Hospital to LEDUC! The AB govt keeps shuffling our system, but won't simply listen to HCWs to fix the real problems: over capacity & short staffing. Stop the move! 🛑