This will affect every man, woman, child, province and territory in Canada!
We recently seen Mr. Ron Liepert of Alberta on Television telling Albertans he was going to delist services in the Alberta Health care and open the Canada Health act to do so.
Once opened, anything can be changed in the act. There is no possible way to get an agreement before hand about what to change and what not to.
Alberta has Legislation set aside (Alberta Gazette) that will allow US health insurance companies to open shop in Alberta.
Mr. Liepert has told us the Blue Cross rates for coverage were increased to bring them more in line with the private insurance sector.
The Capital Health Authority made a long list of what services to delist (turn them over to the private sector).
The privatizing of the public health system has been a prime target of Conservatives and a keystone in their policies since their conception.
They now will allow the Canada Health Act to be changed to a list of choices by provinces to follow, rather than a list such as it is now, one to be followed. Harper is on side with this otherwise, there would have been no public announcement.
The changes will affect all Canadians, not just Albertans. Doing away or changing the Canada Health Act which we know now will take place sometime between October and December this year; if Harper is still prime minister.
If Harper is not Prime Minister, Alberta’s attempts to gut the public system will be seriously curtailed.
John Clark Alberta--The Details
We recently seen Mr. Ron Liepert of Alberta on Television telling Albertans he was going to delist services in the Alberta Health care and open the Canada Health act to do so.
Once opened, anything can be changed in the act. There is no possible way to get an agreement before hand about what to change and what not to.
Alberta has Legislation set aside (Alberta Gazette) that will allow US health insurance companies to open shop in Alberta.
Mr. Liepert has told us the Blue Cross rates for coverage were increased to bring them more in line with the private insurance sector.
The Capital Health Authority made a long list of what services to delist (turn them over to the private sector).
The privatizing of the public health system has been a prime target of Conservatives and a keystone in their policies since their conception.
They now will allow the Canada Health Act to be changed to a list of choices by provinces to follow, rather than a list such as it is now, one to be followed. Harper is on side with this otherwise, there would have been no public announcement.
The changes will affect all Canadians, not just Albertans. Doing away or changing the Canada Health Act which we know now will take place sometime between October and December this year; if Harper is still prime minister.
If Harper is not Prime Minister, Alberta’s attempts to gut the public system will be seriously curtailed.
John Clark Alberta--The Details