This isn’t about Right or Left Politics, this is about the RIGHT CARE at the right place at the right time. Come out and discuss HC Access in your community. You Deserve Safe and Timely Health Care.

We're coming to a town near YOU! 1st stop: Lethbridge! Join FOM & @pfparks.bsky.social Nov. 2 for an urgent townhall conversation about issues Albertans are experiencing in our health care system & solutions to make our lives & health better. ➕Info & RSVP: www.friendsofmedicare.org/healthcarele...

The Premier sent new mandate letters today to all 4 Ministers responsible for our health care. But instead of addressing the urgent crises facing the system & Albertans' access to the health care we need, it was just more of the same: chaos & privatization. friendsofmedicare.org/mandate_letters

Ever wondered about FOM's 46 year history? Our friends at @ablabourhistory.bsky.social have dedicated their home page to us for the month of October! Check it out to learn more about the history of medicare & FOM's work AB & see interviews with our activists over the years: albertalabourhistory.org

FOM joined THOUSANDS of @albertateachers.bsky.social members & supporters for a HUGE Teachers' Day rally! The fight for public education & public health care in AB are the same. We need support for our crucial public services & the workers who keep it going—& we're gonna fight until we get it! ✊

FOM was proud to rally with @hsaalberta.bsky.social members & allies in Edmonton & Red Deer today! Communities across AB held Day of Unity pickets to speak out for our public health care system & the invaluable workers who keep it going. We #SupportHSAA because working conditions = care conditions!

Yesterday was the International Day of Older persons! FOM spent the day with @aupe.org' Women's Committee, hearing from seniors, residents, families, health care workers, and experts like @pfparks.bsky.social & @jannaklos.bsky.social about the dire situation in Alberta's continuing care system. 1/

October 1 is the International Day of Older Persons. In recognition, we teamed up with @aupe.org 's Women's Committee to renew our call to Strike a Change for Alberta Seniors! 📢 Read our release: friendsofmedicare.org/intl_day_of_older_persons 🚨 Take action: friendsofmedicare.org/abseniors

TOMORROW! Support health care workers and our public health care system: Join an @hsaalberta.bsky.social rally near you! hsaa.ca/events/day-u...

Today we celebrate Alberta seniors and their contribution to our province! Shout out to the incredible work of AUPE members who dedicate their careers to caring for and supporting Alberta’s seniors.

Reason #9985482 why private profits have NO place in our public health care! And the scoops just keep coming. Last week, it was a worrying conflict of interest... this week it's TWO worrying conflicts of interest. Read what FOM had to say last Wednesday: www.friendsofmedicare.org/albertans_de...

A leaked UCP cabinet document outlines plans to charge Albertans 100s or 1000s of $+/year for their meds. Danielle Smith says those plans were rejected... So why was the proposal to charge seniors an extra $10/prescription adopted this June? Listen to FOM's Chris Gallaway on QR Calgary radio Friday

With such serious allegations of corruption & hundreds of millions of public healthcare dollars in question, we should be seeing full transparency from the AB government. And yet... Albertans deserve a full, independent public inquiry NOW! Watch the full story: edmonton.citynews.ca/2025/09/24/i...

Honestly this is crazy. Can somebody FOIP how much this govt has paid EY in the last 2yrs for consulting on HC alone? Seriously do this…somebody… please! 50 Million wouldn’t surprise me… And they are NOT Health Care experts…

These allegations are too big to sweep under the rug. "Without a public inquiry, how can Albertans have any faith in the 3rd-party process that now we're not even going to see the interim report for?": FOM's Chris Gallaway. Full story on today's 7:00AM QR Calgary: globalnews.ca/pages/audio-...

Albertans have shown we want real national Pharmacare. But instead of listening, a leaked UCP document shows plans to rollback drug benefits, offloading costs onto Albertans—again! 📢Read more: friendsofmedicare.org/albertans_deserve_real_pharmacare 💊Take action: friendsofmedicare.org/ABpharmacare

“It is increasingly clear that this government is not serious about transparency or accountability by how they continue to try to sweep this scandal under the rug”: FOM's Chris Gallaway This is our health care & our public funding we're talking about—Albertans deserve an independent public inquiry!

WOW! There appears to be conflicts of interest all over the place... but given that govt refuses a Public Inquiry, will we ever find out? Do ABs even care how their money is spent while the system degrades? 1/7 buff.ly/y4AL4wG

The interim report on AB's health care corruption allegations is due today. But even after a months-long delay, Albertans still haven't seen any new info from this government. We need a fully empowered & independent public inquiry now. Read our response: www.friendsofmedicare.org/albertans_de...

Private health care operators keep proving that their priority is in securing profits for themselves and their shareholders. Albertans deserve public health care that actually puts patient care first.

Help Alberta health care workers fight for better working conditions and better health care for us all! Join @hsaalberta.bsky.social members on October 2 in a community near you: hsaa.ca/events/day-u...

For months, Premier Smith denied any plans to use the notwithstanding clause. Now, internal government docs prove otherwise. Behind closed doors, Alberta is preparing to strip away Charter rights to push through harmful amendments to Bills 26, 27 & 29. Read our statement: egale.ca/egale-in-act...

Last year, 743K COVID vaccines were administered in AB. Still, 405 people died & 3,364 people were hospitalized. This year, it'll cost $100 & the Alberta government only ordered 485K doses. This will do massive harm to Albertans & our health care system. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

📢💊 TAKE ACTION Send a message to your provincial and federal representatives to tell them to work together to implement national Pharmacare, and to expand it to the full universal program we need and deserve: www.friendsofmedicare.org/abpharmacare

After Albertans took action last week, PM Carney finally committed to moving forward on Pharmacare. With Parliament's return today, FOM will be watching for adequate funding in the Fall budget & will continue to push the AB government to get on board: www.friendsofmedicare.org/step_forward...

This week as MPs return to Parliament, 300+ organizations & tens of thousands of people will take to the streets to Draw The Line for people, peace and the planet in over 65 communities across the country! Join in Edmonton, Red Deer or Calgary: drawtheline.world/canada?r=CA&...

Hospitals are overwhelmed. COVID wastewater levels are rising. Albertans are struggling with affordability & access to timely health care. But instead of action, the AB government keeps creating barriers to care—like $100 vaccines! Watch FOM on CTV👇 Full story: www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...

We are still overwhelmed by disability application forms, and thought it was time to share why austerity measures like this 👇 are a hard-to-digest recipe for involuntary treatment. 🧵

What are the issues? What you can do? Why does it matter? Check our guest blog with @friendsofmedicare.bsky.social www.friendsofmedicare.org/blog_more_cu...

Excellent breakdown of the UCP government's changes to disability benefits and the burden these policies will impose on disabled people and on healthcare providers.

They came, we got loud, and they heard us.✊💊 Now, we need to keep holding them to their promise until we get the full deal Albertans need & deserve! ➡️ Join us in YEG TODAY (starting soon!): friendsofmedicare.org/blitz_for_pharmacare ➡️ Message your MLA & MP: friendsofmedicare.org/abpharmacare

❗️After 3 STRAIGHT DAYS of actions urging the federal govt to resume progress on national Pharmacare, PM Carney said in YEG today that new bilateral deals will be finalized “as quickly & as equitably as possible." That's a big change up from the Health Minister's "will not commit" just 2 days ago!

The #AB government is cutting its budget at the expense of its most vulnerable residents. Combined losses of $400 per month! Guest blog by @gsalvalaggio.bsky.social and I for @friendsofmedicare.bsky.social #ABpoli #DisabilityRights www.friendsofmedicare.org/blog_more_cu...

Please consider sending your feedback to #ableg on this newest chapter of structural violence. Survey closes tomorrow.

Must read new guest post! The government's latest cuts are creating massive confusion & additional financial barriers for Disabled Albertans, & needless administrative burden for their doctors—during a primary care crisis! We deserve better. Read more: www.friendsofmedicare.org/blog_more_cu...

All Out for Pharmacare September 9, 2025 Demanding the Liberal government keep its promise for a national, public prescription drug plan. -- #yeg #yegdt #canpoli #healthcare #pharmacare #photojournalism #liberals #politics #protest

'It's a matter of fairness': Protesters in Edmonton demand Carney deliver pharmacare to all Canadians https://edmonton.citynews.ca/2025/09/09/protesters-edmonton-carney-pharmacare/ 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter

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Let's talk about AB's HC workforce, a 🧵 : The graph is for all of Canada, but this trend continues and is getting worse in AB. Many reasons but key ones: - "refocusing" has eliminated any ability for our province to do workforce planning. NO COORDINATED work being done 1/7

📢 Alberta nurses joined health care advocates to send a loud and clear message to Liberal MPs: 👏Keep your pharmacare promise!👏 The downtown Edmonton rally was held outside the hotel where Liberal MPs are meeting for their caucus retreat. Add your voice here: friendsofmedicare.org/ABpharmacare

“We hear stories of people choosing between rent & medication, of people rationing strips & insulin because they can’t get through the month. And that is not acceptable ... It’s a matter of fairness & it’s a matter of keeping their promises to voters": Gallaway edmonton.citynews.ca/2025/09/09/p...

📢💊TOMORROW! Monday we greeted MPs at the airport, yesterday we rallied -- help us keep up the pressure: join us for canvassing and leaflet-dropping in Edmonton Centre to tell Alberta 's ONLY Cabinet Minister to keep her Pharmacare promise! friendsofmedicare.org/blitz_for_pharmacare

Today @hsaalberta.bsky.social announced their members are the latest public sector workers to reject their proposed agreement. It's a clear message to the government that they need to do better when it comes to retaining AB's valuable health care workers: friendsofmedicare.org/hcws_deserve_respect

Today we joined @friendsofmedicare.bsky.social, activists, patients, health care workers, and our sister unions outside of the Liberal Caucus' meeting in Edmonton to send them a strong united message: KEEP YOUR PHARMACARE PROMISE! Add your voice here: friendsofmedicare.org/ABpharmacare

Join our allies at Friends of Medicare as we take the fight for Pharmacare to Edmonton Centre, the constituency of Alberta’s only federal Cabinet Minister, Eleanor Olszewski. The Blitz for Pharmacare is happening on Thursday, Sept 11 at 5:30 pm. RSVP here: https://tinyurl.com/4m5dv5xw

Activists, patients, health care workers, labour leaders & allies showed up outside of the Liberal Caucus' meeting in Edmonton today, to send them a strong united message: KEEP YOUR PHARMACARE PROMISE!💊✊ Missed it? Add your voice: friendsofmedicare.org/ABpharmacare @cdnhealthcoalition.bsky.social

As the Liberal caucus meets in Edmonton today, FOM, @cdnhealthcoalition.bsky.social & allies will be calling on the Federal Government to fulfil their promise of national Pharmacare! "Anything less is simply unacceptable”: FOM ED Chris Gallaway. 💊 friendsofmedicare.org/rally_pharmacare_promise

TODAY!

👀Liberal MPs arriving in Edmonton this week were greeted by a couple of BIG messages from FOM & @cdnhealthcoalition.bsky.social: Keep your Pharmacare Promise & Alberta Needs Pharmacare NOW! 💊📢Help us amplify our message—Don't miss our YEG rally TOMORROW: www.friendsofmedicare.org/rally_for_ph...