“We don’t hear from doctors offices or hospitals or elsewhere that misuse of health cards is an issue they’re experiencing ... If you add a piece of bureaucracy to it, that’s a barrier for some people. We have a lot of questions,” says FOM's Chris Gallaway. medicinehatnews.com/news/local-n...

The Alberta Government is trying to sell us a Pig in a Poke with its “Surgical Initiatives” and “Urgent Care Centres.” medicinehatnews.com/commentary/l... #AbHealth #MedHat #MedicareForAll

“The government is trying to sneak through massive changes to our public health care delivery while claiming what they are doing will make things better. But those promised improvements never materialize,” said FOM's Chris Gallaway. reddeeradvocate.com/2025/11/25/r...

Next stops? 📍Ponoka: Sunday, November 30 at 02:00 PM www.friendsofmedicare.org/healthcarepo... 📍St. Albert: Monday, December 1 at 07:00 PM www.friendsofmedicare.org/health_care_... + more TBA in the new year!

FOM has been touring the province with @pfparks.bsky.social, talking to hundreds of Albertans about our health care! With the system at a breaking point, workers overwhelmed & mounting threats of privatization jeopardizing access to care—we need to have an Urgent Conversation. Will you be there?

Albertans deserve a health care system that's there for us based on need, not our ability to pay. And that means making evidence-based investments that prioritize patient care, not private profits! 🛑 Stop the destruction—It's time to rebuild AB's public health care: www.rebuildourhealthcare.ca

Time to share this vid again! via @cdnhealthcoalition.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3wf... Privatizing health care won't fix wait times. For most of us, they'll get worse. What Albertans really need is public solutions to improve workforce & capacity, not more schemes to pad private profits!

Another stop on our Alberta-wide tour: Red Deer! 200+ ppl joined FOM, @pfparks.bsky.social s & local ER physician, Dr. Thara Kumar, for an urgent convo about what's being done to our healthcare & solutions to ensure EVERYONE in this province has access to the timely, quality public care we deserve💙

Albertans didn't vote for two-tier health care! “Bill 11 is the exact opposite of [the Premier's] so-called public health care guarantee during the election. This unacceptable legislation should be pulled from the order paper immediately," said FOM's Chris Gallaway. rdnewsnow.com/2025/11/24/a...

“None of this was something that Albertans were asked about in an election. And now it's being rammed through the legislature without any consultation with stakeholders, let alone Albertans,” said FOM's executive director, Chris Gallaway. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

📢Take action to Protect + Rebuild Alberta's health care! rebuildourhealthcare.ca

“Now is the moment for Albertans to speak up loudly to say no to American-style, two-tiered health care where the rich get care while the rest of us are left waiting longer or forced to go without.” Alberta didn't vote for two-tiered access to our doctors! www.friendsofmedicare.org/bill11_two_t...

TODAY in Red Deer! Join us at 2:00 pm for this important townhall conversation about current experiences in our health care system, and to discuss what changes could make our lives and our health better. RSVP: www.friendsofmedicare.org/healthcarere...

📢💊Take action: tell your federal and provincial representatives to get to the table and negotiate a deal to ensure universal, single-payer Pharmacare for Alberta! www.friendsofmedicare.org/ABpharmacare

We hope the federal government will act to adopt their National Pharmacare Committee of Experts' recommendations, get back to signing deals with provinces & ensure funding is in place ASAP. Albertans deserve Pharmacare & can’t afford any more delays! www.friendsofmedicare.org/pharmacare_r...

“What we heard today contained no action on workforce planning, no clear timelines, no associated funding, and a lack of tangible policy changes beyond doubling down on doing even more privatization of surgeries,” said FOM's executive director, Chris Gallaway. reddeeradvocate.com/2025/11/14/u...

'Chris Gallaway, the advocacy group’s executive director, said in a statement the government’s plan paves a path toward “two-tiered” health care, which, “if allowed to pass, would unequivocally bulldoze a path for American-style health care in Alberta.”' www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...

“What we should be hearing from the government is a plan for a public inquiry, full transparency & accountability on the contracts we’ve already signed, not a plan to rapidly grow these private contracts,” says FOM's Chris Gallaway www.cp24.com/news/canada/...

“This government’s ideological opposition to evidence-based, life-saving care interventions will put Albertans at unnecessary risk of avoidable drug poisoning, and put our health care systems under even more strain,” said Chris Gallaway, FOM's executive director. www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...

Today is Transgender Day of Remembrance. Each year, it's a day to grieve & honour the memories of those we've lost due to transphobia & anti-transgender violence. But it is also a day to commit to fighting to build a world free of hate, bigotry & transphobia.

"This government & the premier ran on a public health guarantee. They did not run on any of the things they’ve been doing since then. None of this was in their platform. None of this was discussed with the public.” Albertans deserve timely, quality public health care, not privatization by stealth!

The Auditor General's report on the failed privatization of lab services was finally tabled yesterday. With findings of government interference & 125+ MILLION in public health care $ squandered, it's more proof that profit has no place in our health care. www.friendsofmedicare.org/ag_failed_la...

“This government’s ideological opposition to evidence-based, life-saving care interventions will put Albertans at unnecessary risk of avoidable drug poisoning, and put our health care systems under even more strain,” said Chris Gallaway, FOM's executive director. www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...

Yet another Alberta Supervised Consumption Site is being shuttered, this one at the Royal Alex. “Today’s announcement is yet another blow to evidence-based addictions care,” says FOM's Chris Gallaway: www.friendsofmedicare.org/closure_of_a... ➡️Take action: www.friendsofmedicare.org/isupportharm...

Today, the Government of Alberta has introduced Bill 9 which uses the notwithstanding clause to restrict the rights of Two-Spirit, trans & gender diverse people. This legislation is brought days ahead of Trans Day of Remembrance - a day meant to honour the lives lost to anti-trans violence.

TODAY!

🚨 Newly unveiled draft legislation outlines AB government's plans to bring in two-tier health care, by permitting doctors to charge patients for insured services. "This is an unprecedented attack on Albertans’ public health care," says FOM's Chris Gallaway: www.friendsofmedicare.org/secret_plan_...

TOMORROW in Fort McMurray! Join us at 7:30 at the Eagle Ridge Community Centre for an urgent conversation on YOUR health care. Details & RSVP: www.friendsofmedicare.org/healthcarefo...

The AB govt will likely use the notwithstanding clause on 3 laws today & in so doing, obstruct access to gender-affirming health care. "If this is allowed to pass the obvious question is: whose rights or which health care services will they attack next?” www.friendsofmedicare.org/use_of_notwi...

“It's pretty clear that today's announcement of a so-called action plan was really just cover for the government's real priority, their plan to spend even more of our public health care dollars on private surgical contracts." Read more: www.friendsofmedicare.org/acute_care_a...

Friends of Medicare is excited to announce another town hall with @PfParks. We are coming to St. Albert! Your voice. Your care. Your community. Real talk on public health care for every Alberta family. Sign up. Show up. friendsofmedicare.org/health_care_st…

Important new report from Parkland Institute shows the Alberta government's addiction care model isn’t working, impacting both patients & workers. Albertans deserve care based on evidence, NOT ideology! www.parklandinstitute.ca/ripple_effects

Seniors deserve so much better than they're getting! Help us demand it: ➡️ Call for 4.5 hours of direct and accountable care: www.friendsofmedicare.org/ABseniors ➡️ Sign for better home care & funding: www.friendsofmedicare.org/FundHomeCare ➡️ Learn about AB's seniors' care crisis: www.ABseniors.ca

Folks in Calgary joined us & their local FOM Chapter last night for a screening of Stolen Time! This impactful documentary interrogates the consequences of Canada's seniors' care industry perpetually prioritizing private profits over quality care & the ever-important fight to hold them to account.

Keep up the momentum Medicine Hat: join your local @palliserfom.bsky.social Chapter ! ➡️ www.friendsofmedicare.org/palliser

Medicine Hat SHOWED UP for public health care last night! 200+ ppl squeezed in to talk with FOM, @pfparks.bsky.social & @palliserfom.bsky.social about issues & solutions. Albertans' health care is in crisis—& it's up to us all to demand better! Join us: www.friendsofmedicare.org/urgentconver...

Tonight in Calgary! Join us: www.friendsofmedicare.org/yyc_stolentime

Packed house in Lethbridge! Thanks to folks who joined us & Drs @pfparks.bsky.social & Jillian Demontigny & shared concerns with our health care💙💚 We're just getting started. We're fighting for the public health care we all deserve—& together, we can win! www.friendsofmedicare.org/UrgentConver...

Between a government-controlled third-party process, limitations, delays & now: the ousting of the Auditor General during his investigation, Albertans are STILL waiting for answers on major health care corruption allegations. We need a public inquiry NOW! www.friendsofmedicare.org/firing_audit...

Tomorrow! Details & RSVP: www.friendsofmedicare.org/healthcareme...

Wednesday in YYC!

Join us & Dr. Paul Parks on our Alberta tour to talk public health care issues & solutions! ➕ Lethbridge: TODAY ➕ Medicine Hat: Tuesday, Nov. 4 & many more coming soon! Find an event near you & RSVP: www.friendsofmedicare.org/UrgentConver...

Health care is worker care! Join @friendsofmedicare.bsky.social for their public town hall discussions about Alberta's health-care system. Come have your say! *Lethbridge: Sunday, Nov 2 at 3 pm *Medicine Hat: Tuesday, Nov 4 at 7:30 pm *More to come

FOM's ED Chris Gallaway was proud to bring greetings & solidarity 1000+ at @albertanurses.bsky.social's AGM this morning! Nurses & their health care colleagues are the backbone of our public health care. Their fight is our fight, because their working conditions = our care conditions!

TOMORROW AT NOON: Rally for the rights of disabled Albertans at the Alberta Legislature, and help protest the Alberta Government's cuts to disability income support! #ADAPRALLY www.facebook.com/events/25070...

A must-read from Parkland Institute on the Alberta government's COVID immunization boondoggle! "From my place in the hold queue, it felt like the only thing being prevented was preventative health itself. And that will have costs – wasteful, unnecessary, tragic costs. Costs that we can ill afford."

“More capacity – more staff, more beds, more hospitals and care centres – is what is required to ensure Albertans get the best and safest patient care possible,” said UNA President Heather Smith. “Isn’t that the same thing that the teachers are saying?” www.una.ca/1710/alberta...

Calgary friends - next week join us as showcase the powerful NFB documentary, "Stolen Time." The film asks: How hard would you fight to make sure your loved one is properly cared for? Watch the trailer here: www.nfb.ca/film/stolen-... RSVP here: www.friendsofmedicare.org/yyc_stolen_t...

Our healthcare system is at a breaking point. Healthcare workers are overwhelmed. Albertans are struggling to access care they need—It's time to have an urgent conversation about our public health care. Will you be there? ➕Join us & @pfparks.bsky.social: www.friendsofmedicare.org/UrgentConver...

We had so many great conversations with @aupe.org delegates at this year's convention! Health care workers & union members know the importance of defending & strengthening Alberta's public health care. Together we can fight for the quality, timely public services we deserve & together, we can win!