Karen S. Palmer

Alberta’s hybrid health-care plan breaks the spirit—and likely the law—of Canadian Medicare

• The safeguard Alberta seeks to eliminate prevents doctors from playing both sides at once, which would create a slower, second-class system for people who

Opinion | BY KAREN S. PALMER | November 24, 2025

Alberta’s hybrid health-care plan breaks the spirit—and likely the law—of Canadian Medicare

Opinion | BY KAREN S. PALMER | November 24, 2025

• The safeguard Alberta seeks to eliminate prevents doctors from playing both sides at once, which would create a slower, second-class system for people who

Alberta’s hybrid health-care plan breaks the spirit—and likely the law—of Canadian Medicare

Opinion | BY KAREN S. PALMER | November 24, 2025

• The safeguard Alberta seeks to eliminate prevents doctors from playing both sides at once, which would create a slower, second-class system for people who

All I want for Christmas is publicly funded health care

• Medically necessary care should be publicly funded for everyone, not just those who choose to pay, or the 25 per cent with private employer-funded

Opinion | BY KAREN S. PALMER, BERNARD HO | December 18, 2024

All I want for Christmas is publicly funded health care

Opinion | BY KAREN S. PALMER, BERNARD HO | December 18, 2024

• Medically necessary care should be publicly funded for everyone, not just those who choose to pay, or the 25 per cent with private employer-funded

All I want for Christmas is publicly funded health care

Opinion | BY KAREN S. PALMER, BERNARD HO | December 18, 2024

• Medically necessary care should be publicly funded for everyone, not just those who choose to pay, or the 25 per cent with private employer-funded

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