Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: André Picard
Publication Date: November 20, 2025 - 05:00
Allowing doctors to practise in both public and private systems solves what exactly?
November 20, 2025
When you introduce a new policy, there are two key questions that need to be asked, and answered: 1) What is the problem you’re trying to solve? and; 2) will the new policy solve it?
Alberta plans to introduce legislation that would allow some doctors to practise simultaneously in the public and private health systems.
Specifically, surgeons will be allowed to do some elective procedures like cataracts, and hip and knee replacements, and be paid either by public insurance, private insurance or out-of-pocket.
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