medicare

Premier Danielle Smith is declining to say whether she stands by or is disavowing earlier comments she made proposing Albertans pay out-of-pocket for medically insured services as a way to keep the health-care system sustainable.

Reducing poverty by providing a basic minimum income could curb hospitalization rates related to alcoholism and other stress-related behaviour, says Dr. Danielle Martin.

Our diagnosis is that the delivery system needs reform, not how we pay for care.