2026-07-01 from ca.finance.yahoo.com
Prime Minister Mark Carney deserves praise for being open to the changes Alberta is currently implementing in health care. Like most European countries, Alberta will keep its public system but will now make it much easier for patients to pay for private treatment in Alberta if they want to.
This is good news for patients. European mixed systems perform much better than Canada's health-care monopolies. Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Norway — countries Canadian progressives often admire — all allow patients to choose between public and private options. France, Japan and Australia also have public systems and non-government options. It's no secret these countries also outperform Canada's monopolistic system.
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