Friends of Medicare
@friendsofmedicare.bsky.social
Friends of Medicare is a non-profit, non-partisan coalition working to defend, strengthen & expand public health care in Alberta and beyond.
Join the fight! friendsofmedicare.org/donate
Join the fight! friendsofmedicare.org/donate
Alberta cannot be given free reign to undermine and privatize Canada's public health care!
Blthe impact of Bill 11 won't stop at Alberta's borders. Too much is at stake for our Federal Government to stay silent on this issue.
halifax.citynews.ca/2026/02/09/h...
Blthe impact of Bill 11 won't stop at Alberta's borders. Too much is at stake for our Federal Government to stay silent on this issue.
halifax.citynews.ca/2026/02/09/h...
Health advocates say Liberals need to take a stance on Alberta's health privatization
OTTAWA — A group of health care advocates is on Parliament Hill lobbying lawmakers and calling on the federal government to take a stance on Alberta’s latest moves to expand private health care. Premi...
halifax.citynews.ca
February 9, 2026 at 8:56 PM
Alberta cannot be given free reign to undermine and privatize Canada's public health care!
Blthe impact of Bill 11 won't stop at Alberta's borders. Too much is at stake for our Federal Government to stay silent on this issue.
halifax.citynews.ca/2026/02/09/h...
Blthe impact of Bill 11 won't stop at Alberta's borders. Too much is at stake for our Federal Government to stay silent on this issue.
halifax.citynews.ca/2026/02/09/h...
With unprecedented attacks on our public health care (esp. Alberta's Bill 11) we need our federal government to take a stand against American style two-tier health care & enforce the Canada Health Act.
Watch FOM's Chris Gallaway in today's press conference with allies from across the country:
Watch FOM's Chris Gallaway in today's press conference with allies from across the country:
February 9, 2026 at 8:10 PM
With unprecedented attacks on our public health care (esp. Alberta's Bill 11) we need our federal government to take a stand against American style two-tier health care & enforce the Canada Health Act.
Watch FOM's Chris Gallaway in today's press conference with allies from across the country:
Watch FOM's Chris Gallaway in today's press conference with allies from across the country:
FOM & over 200 advocates & health care workers (incl. 30+ Albertans!) are in Ottawa this week for the Canadian Health Coalition's annual lobby for public health care!
We're calling on our federal government to speak up & enforce the Canada Health Act: www.friendsofmedicare.org/albertanshea...
We're calling on our federal government to speak up & enforce the Canada Health Act: www.friendsofmedicare.org/albertanshea...
February 8, 2026 at 10:59 PM
FOM & over 200 advocates & health care workers (incl. 30+ Albertans!) are in Ottawa this week for the Canadian Health Coalition's annual lobby for public health care!
We're calling on our federal government to speak up & enforce the Canada Health Act: www.friendsofmedicare.org/albertanshea...
We're calling on our federal government to speak up & enforce the Canada Health Act: www.friendsofmedicare.org/albertanshea...
With two-tier health care being imposed on us by the Alberta's Bill 11, it's up to us to fight for our public health care when it needs us most. Luckily, Albertans keep province they're are on our side!
✨Join the momentum!✨
📢Upcoming townhalls in Camrose, Vegreville, Edmonton & Grande Prairie:
✨Join the momentum!✨
📢Upcoming townhalls in Camrose, Vegreville, Edmonton & Grande Prairie:
February 6, 2026 at 9:50 PM
With two-tier health care being imposed on us by the Alberta's Bill 11, it's up to us to fight for our public health care when it needs us most. Luckily, Albertans keep province they're are on our side!
✨Join the momentum!✨
📢Upcoming townhalls in Camrose, Vegreville, Edmonton & Grande Prairie:
✨Join the momentum!✨
📢Upcoming townhalls in Camrose, Vegreville, Edmonton & Grande Prairie:
Another day, another stop on our public health care townhall tour!✅
Last night we joined Dr. @pfparks.bsky.social & local family physician Dr. Tessa Penrod in Beaumont, where community members showed up to tell stories & voice concerns about the direction Alberta's health care is headed in.
Last night we joined Dr. @pfparks.bsky.social & local family physician Dr. Tessa Penrod in Beaumont, where community members showed up to tell stories & voice concerns about the direction Alberta's health care is headed in.
February 6, 2026 at 9:49 PM
Another day, another stop on our public health care townhall tour!✅
Last night we joined Dr. @pfparks.bsky.social & local family physician Dr. Tessa Penrod in Beaumont, where community members showed up to tell stories & voice concerns about the direction Alberta's health care is headed in.
Last night we joined Dr. @pfparks.bsky.social & local family physician Dr. Tessa Penrod in Beaumont, where community members showed up to tell stories & voice concerns about the direction Alberta's health care is headed in.
Reposted by Friends of Medicare
ICYMI
The Alberta govt claims that its health care changes mirror other provinces & countries
My new @policyalternatives.ca/Parkland Institute report with @poliscirish.bsky.social busts this myth
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
@picardonhealth.bsky.social
@avisfavaro.bsky.social
#abpoli #cdnpoli
The Alberta govt claims that its health care changes mirror other provinces & countries
My new @policyalternatives.ca/Parkland Institute report with @poliscirish.bsky.social busts this myth
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
@picardonhealth.bsky.social
@avisfavaro.bsky.social
#abpoli #cdnpoli
Alberta legislation could pave way for two-tiered health-care system, new report says | CBC News
A report that was jointly produced by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives and the Parkland Institute finds Alberta's Bill 11 could pave the way for a two-tiered health-care system.
www.cbc.ca
February 6, 2026 at 5:43 PM
ICYMI
The Alberta govt claims that its health care changes mirror other provinces & countries
My new @policyalternatives.ca/Parkland Institute report with @poliscirish.bsky.social busts this myth
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
@picardonhealth.bsky.social
@avisfavaro.bsky.social
#abpoli #cdnpoli
The Alberta govt claims that its health care changes mirror other provinces & countries
My new @policyalternatives.ca/Parkland Institute report with @poliscirish.bsky.social busts this myth
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
@picardonhealth.bsky.social
@avisfavaro.bsky.social
#abpoli #cdnpoli
Red Deer friends: Your neighbors have been protesting at the Health Minister's office every week for a whole year!
Help them mark their anniversary THIS SATURDAY with their biggest protest yet, and make your voice heard! 📢
Help them mark their anniversary THIS SATURDAY with their biggest protest yet, and make your voice heard! 📢
February 5, 2026 at 9:31 PM
Red Deer friends: Your neighbors have been protesting at the Health Minister's office every week for a whole year!
Help them mark their anniversary THIS SATURDAY with their biggest protest yet, and make your voice heard! 📢
Help them mark their anniversary THIS SATURDAY with their biggest protest yet, and make your voice heard! 📢
Albertans from Hinton to Fort Mac to Medicine Hat are demanding a timely, quality public health care system we can ALL rely on.
📢Keep up the momentum: join us TONIGHT in Beaumont, or at upcoming townhalls in Camrose, Vegreville, Edmonton or Grande Prairie!
friendsofmedicare.org/UrgentConversations
📢Keep up the momentum: join us TONIGHT in Beaumont, or at upcoming townhalls in Camrose, Vegreville, Edmonton or Grande Prairie!
friendsofmedicare.org/UrgentConversations
February 5, 2026 at 7:25 PM
Albertans from Hinton to Fort Mac to Medicine Hat are demanding a timely, quality public health care system we can ALL rely on.
📢Keep up the momentum: join us TONIGHT in Beaumont, or at upcoming townhalls in Camrose, Vegreville, Edmonton or Grande Prairie!
friendsofmedicare.org/UrgentConversations
📢Keep up the momentum: join us TONIGHT in Beaumont, or at upcoming townhalls in Camrose, Vegreville, Edmonton or Grande Prairie!
friendsofmedicare.org/UrgentConversations
Yesterday: HINTON. Tonight: BEAUMONT!
Everywhere, we go folks tell us devastating stories about how care access is worsening, especially in small & rural communities. Because this government simply isn't listening.
ALL Albertans deserve timely public health care based on need, not ability to pay!
Everywhere, we go folks tell us devastating stories about how care access is worsening, especially in small & rural communities. Because this government simply isn't listening.
ALL Albertans deserve timely public health care based on need, not ability to pay!
February 5, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Yesterday: HINTON. Tonight: BEAUMONT!
Everywhere, we go folks tell us devastating stories about how care access is worsening, especially in small & rural communities. Because this government simply isn't listening.
ALL Albertans deserve timely public health care based on need, not ability to pay!
Everywhere, we go folks tell us devastating stories about how care access is worsening, especially in small & rural communities. Because this government simply isn't listening.
ALL Albertans deserve timely public health care based on need, not ability to pay!
Reposted by Friends of Medicare
Spread the word and encourage people to come out… all welcome.
Let’s chat about HC in your community.
Let’s talk facts and reality and what can be done to correct the trajectory.
Let’s chat about HC in your community.
Let’s talk facts and reality and what can be done to correct the trajectory.
Beaumont & region friends:
Don't miss your chance to join us and @pfparks.bsky.social for an Urgent Conversation about health care in your community -- TODAY at 7 pm!
Details & RSVP: friendsofmedicare.org/public_health_care_leduc_beaumont
Don't miss your chance to join us and @pfparks.bsky.social for an Urgent Conversation about health care in your community -- TODAY at 7 pm!
Details & RSVP: friendsofmedicare.org/public_health_care_leduc_beaumont
An Urgent Conversation: Public Health Care in Leduc/Beaumont
No matter where you live, or who you are, you and your family deserve timely access to quality public health care — when and where you need it.
friendsofmedicare.org
February 5, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Spread the word and encourage people to come out… all welcome.
Let’s chat about HC in your community.
Let’s talk facts and reality and what can be done to correct the trajectory.
Let’s chat about HC in your community.
Let’s talk facts and reality and what can be done to correct the trajectory.
Beaumont & region friends:
Don't miss your chance to join us and @pfparks.bsky.social for an Urgent Conversation about health care in your community -- TODAY at 7 pm!
Details & RSVP: friendsofmedicare.org/public_health_care_leduc_beaumont
Don't miss your chance to join us and @pfparks.bsky.social for an Urgent Conversation about health care in your community -- TODAY at 7 pm!
Details & RSVP: friendsofmedicare.org/public_health_care_leduc_beaumont
An Urgent Conversation: Public Health Care in Leduc/Beaumont
No matter where you live, or who you are, you and your family deserve timely access to quality public health care — when and where you need it.
friendsofmedicare.org
February 5, 2026 at 5:20 PM
Beaumont & region friends:
Don't miss your chance to join us and @pfparks.bsky.social for an Urgent Conversation about health care in your community -- TODAY at 7 pm!
Details & RSVP: friendsofmedicare.org/public_health_care_leduc_beaumont
Don't miss your chance to join us and @pfparks.bsky.social for an Urgent Conversation about health care in your community -- TODAY at 7 pm!
Details & RSVP: friendsofmedicare.org/public_health_care_leduc_beaumont
Reposted by Friends of Medicare
We deserve equal access to health care, and that is with public health care. Financial status should not determine who gets health care first, or at all.
The Alberta government is trying to downplay the dangers of Bill 11
But if we open the door to two-tier health care & the multi-trillion dollar American health care industry, it will be next to impossible to close again.
Albertans deserve public health care!
medicinehatnews.com/news/local-n...
But if we open the door to two-tier health care & the multi-trillion dollar American health care industry, it will be next to impossible to close again.
Albertans deserve public health care!
medicinehatnews.com/news/local-n...
Dual practice means two-tier health: critics - Medicine Hat News
zmason@medicinehatnews.com Experts say Bill 11, the Health Statutes Amendments Act, represents the foundations for the first two-tier health-care system in Canada. Although the province says it is dra...
medicinehatnews.com
February 4, 2026 at 11:40 PM
We deserve equal access to health care, and that is with public health care. Financial status should not determine who gets health care first, or at all.
The Alberta government is trying to downplay the dangers of Bill 11
But if we open the door to two-tier health care & the multi-trillion dollar American health care industry, it will be next to impossible to close again.
Albertans deserve public health care!
medicinehatnews.com/news/local-n...
But if we open the door to two-tier health care & the multi-trillion dollar American health care industry, it will be next to impossible to close again.
Albertans deserve public health care!
medicinehatnews.com/news/local-n...
Dual practice means two-tier health: critics - Medicine Hat News
zmason@medicinehatnews.com Experts say Bill 11, the Health Statutes Amendments Act, represents the foundations for the first two-tier health-care system in Canada. Although the province says it is dra...
medicinehatnews.com
February 4, 2026 at 10:48 PM
The Alberta government is trying to downplay the dangers of Bill 11
But if we open the door to two-tier health care & the multi-trillion dollar American health care industry, it will be next to impossible to close again.
Albertans deserve public health care!
medicinehatnews.com/news/local-n...
But if we open the door to two-tier health care & the multi-trillion dollar American health care industry, it will be next to impossible to close again.
Albertans deserve public health care!
medicinehatnews.com/news/local-n...
Reposted by Friends of Medicare
👋 Tonight in Hinton. Tomorrow in Beaumont.
🚨🏥 Join the urgent conversations about public health care in Alberta happening in Hinton on February 4 and Beaumont on February 5: www.friendsofmedicare.org/urgentconver...
February 4, 2026 at 5:52 PM
👋 Tonight in Hinton. Tomorrow in Beaumont.
Reposted by Friends of Medicare
Every Albertan needs to understand the danger to our public healthcare system, to speak out against Bill 11 and to inform your friends and neighbours! We do not want US style healthcare and insurance companies in Canada!
@friendsofmedicare.bsky.social
#NoTwoTierHealthcare
#ProtectPublicHealthcare
@friendsofmedicare.bsky.social
#NoTwoTierHealthcare
#ProtectPublicHealthcare
How Alberta Plans to Kill Public Health Care Across Canada
thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...
"... thru Canada’s trade agreements with the US & other countries opening a back door to the same thing in every other province & territory — it uses private insurance to undermine public health care."
#abhealth
thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...
"... thru Canada’s trade agreements with the US & other countries opening a back door to the same thing in every other province & territory — it uses private insurance to undermine public health care."
#abhealth
How Alberta Plans to Kill Public Health Care Across Canada | The Tyee
A new law opens the door for two-tier care that would destroy medicare.
thetyee.ca
February 4, 2026 at 7:12 PM
Every Albertan needs to understand the danger to our public healthcare system, to speak out against Bill 11 and to inform your friends and neighbours! We do not want US style healthcare and insurance companies in Canada!
@friendsofmedicare.bsky.social
#NoTwoTierHealthcare
#ProtectPublicHealthcare
@friendsofmedicare.bsky.social
#NoTwoTierHealthcare
#ProtectPublicHealthcare
HINTON! Will we see you tonight??
Join FOM and @pfparks.bsky.social for an Urgent Conversation about health care in your community! Because we deserve public health care that works for ALL of us, when and where we need it.
Details & RSVP: www.friendsofmedicare.org/public_healt...
Join FOM and @pfparks.bsky.social for an Urgent Conversation about health care in your community! Because we deserve public health care that works for ALL of us, when and where we need it.
Details & RSVP: www.friendsofmedicare.org/public_healt...
An Urgent Conversation: Public Health Care in Hinton
www.friendsofmedicare.org
February 4, 2026 at 6:11 PM
HINTON! Will we see you tonight??
Join FOM and @pfparks.bsky.social for an Urgent Conversation about health care in your community! Because we deserve public health care that works for ALL of us, when and where we need it.
Details & RSVP: www.friendsofmedicare.org/public_healt...
Join FOM and @pfparks.bsky.social for an Urgent Conversation about health care in your community! Because we deserve public health care that works for ALL of us, when and where we need it.
Details & RSVP: www.friendsofmedicare.org/public_healt...
Reposted by Friends of Medicare
Final word on Bill 11:
This legslation is not designed as a parallel hybrid system in which both public and private streams are supported to deliver quality care with equal access. It is designed to bolster a for-profit healthcare market at the expense of the public system. 1/
This legslation is not designed as a parallel hybrid system in which both public and private streams are supported to deliver quality care with equal access. It is designed to bolster a for-profit healthcare market at the expense of the public system. 1/
ICYMI: The report by @alonghurst.bsky.social and @poliscirish.bsky.social, The End of Canadian Medicare? outlines in plain language 10 ways that without a sharp national response the blandly named act will undermine and likely destroy public health care in Canada. albertapolitics.ca/2026/02/albe...
Alberta’s two-tier health care bill is designed to kill public health care – a new report shows how - Alberta Politics
Despite its name, Alberta’s Health Statutes Amendment Act, 2025, is not health care legislation. The purpose of the law that was granted Royal Assent on Dec. 11 last year is to destroy public health ...
albertapolitics.ca
February 4, 2026 at 3:38 AM
Final word on Bill 11:
This legslation is not designed as a parallel hybrid system in which both public and private streams are supported to deliver quality care with equal access. It is designed to bolster a for-profit healthcare market at the expense of the public system. 1/
This legslation is not designed as a parallel hybrid system in which both public and private streams are supported to deliver quality care with equal access. It is designed to bolster a for-profit healthcare market at the expense of the public system. 1/
TOMORROW: Hinton!
THURSDAY: Beaumont!
Join us for an urgent conversation about what's going on in Alberta's health care & what solutions we need to make it work for everyone.
Details & RSVP: www.friendsofmedicare.org/urgentconver...
THURSDAY: Beaumont!
Join us for an urgent conversation about what's going on in Alberta's health care & what solutions we need to make it work for everyone.
Details & RSVP: www.friendsofmedicare.org/urgentconver...
NEXT WEEK: Now's your chance to be part of this Urgent Conversation on Alberta's public health care!
Join FOM & @pfparks.bsky.social on our next townhall stops:
➕ Hinton: Feb. 4 @ 7 PM
www.friendsofmedicare.org/public_healt...
➕ Beaumont: Feb. 5 @ 7 PM
www.friendsofmedicare.org/public_healt...
Join FOM & @pfparks.bsky.social on our next townhall stops:
➕ Hinton: Feb. 4 @ 7 PM
www.friendsofmedicare.org/public_healt...
➕ Beaumont: Feb. 5 @ 7 PM
www.friendsofmedicare.org/public_healt...
February 3, 2026 at 10:39 PM
TOMORROW: Hinton!
THURSDAY: Beaumont!
Join us for an urgent conversation about what's going on in Alberta's health care & what solutions we need to make it work for everyone.
Details & RSVP: www.friendsofmedicare.org/urgentconver...
THURSDAY: Beaumont!
Join us for an urgent conversation about what's going on in Alberta's health care & what solutions we need to make it work for everyone.
Details & RSVP: www.friendsofmedicare.org/urgentconver...
Reposted by Friends of Medicare
“The govt has no mandate for these changes. None of it was in their platform in the last election. No Albertan voted for any of this. If Albertans don’t want a two-tier US-style health care now is the moment to make that clear. Now is the moment to speak up and to take action,” concluded Gallaway.
🚨“If Albertans don’t want a two-tier American-style health care now is the moment to make that clear. Now is the moment to speak up & to take action": FOM's Chris Gallaway.
📢Send a message: www.rebuildourhealthcare.ca#take-action
📢Say NO to two-tier health care: www.friendsofmedicare.org/notwotier
📢Send a message: www.rebuildourhealthcare.ca#take-action
📢Say NO to two-tier health care: www.friendsofmedicare.org/notwotier
A new report today from @policyalternatives.ca & Parkland Institute shows that Alberta's Bill 11 opens the door to two-tier health care & the powerful for-profit American health care industry, putting our entire public health care system in jeopardy.
www.friendsofmedicare.org/report_bill1...
www.friendsofmedicare.org/report_bill1...
February 3, 2026 at 9:46 PM
“The govt has no mandate for these changes. None of it was in their platform in the last election. No Albertan voted for any of this. If Albertans don’t want a two-tier US-style health care now is the moment to make that clear. Now is the moment to speak up and to take action,” concluded Gallaway.
🚨“If Albertans don’t want a two-tier American-style health care now is the moment to make that clear. Now is the moment to speak up & to take action": FOM's Chris Gallaway.
📢Send a message: www.rebuildourhealthcare.ca#take-action
📢Say NO to two-tier health care: www.friendsofmedicare.org/notwotier
📢Send a message: www.rebuildourhealthcare.ca#take-action
📢Say NO to two-tier health care: www.friendsofmedicare.org/notwotier
A new report today from @policyalternatives.ca & Parkland Institute shows that Alberta's Bill 11 opens the door to two-tier health care & the powerful for-profit American health care industry, putting our entire public health care system in jeopardy.
www.friendsofmedicare.org/report_bill1...
www.friendsofmedicare.org/report_bill1...
February 3, 2026 at 9:35 PM
🚨“If Albertans don’t want a two-tier American-style health care now is the moment to make that clear. Now is the moment to speak up & to take action": FOM's Chris Gallaway.
📢Send a message: www.rebuildourhealthcare.ca#take-action
📢Say NO to two-tier health care: www.friendsofmedicare.org/notwotier
📢Send a message: www.rebuildourhealthcare.ca#take-action
📢Say NO to two-tier health care: www.friendsofmedicare.org/notwotier
A new report today from @policyalternatives.ca & Parkland Institute shows that Alberta's Bill 11 opens the door to two-tier health care & the powerful for-profit American health care industry, putting our entire public health care system in jeopardy.
www.friendsofmedicare.org/report_bill1...
www.friendsofmedicare.org/report_bill1...
February 3, 2026 at 9:32 PM
A new report today from @policyalternatives.ca & Parkland Institute shows that Alberta's Bill 11 opens the door to two-tier health care & the powerful for-profit American health care industry, putting our entire public health care system in jeopardy.
www.friendsofmedicare.org/report_bill1...
www.friendsofmedicare.org/report_bill1...
Reposted by Friends of Medicare
Reposted by Friends of Medicare
🚨🏥 Join the urgent conversations about public health care in Alberta happening in Hinton on February 4 and Beaumont on February 5: www.friendsofmedicare.org/urgentconver...
February 3, 2026 at 6:20 PM
🚨🏥 Join the urgent conversations about public health care in Alberta happening in Hinton on February 4 and Beaumont on February 5: www.friendsofmedicare.org/urgentconver...
Today at noon!
Tune into this webinar on your lunchbreak to learn about Alberta's Bill 11 and unprecedented threat it has on our treasured public health care.
Tune into this webinar on your lunchbreak to learn about Alberta's Bill 11 and unprecedented threat it has on our treasured public health care.
Alberta's new legislation opens the door to American-style, two-tier health care, & with it, massive repercussions for people all across the country.
Our friends at Parkland Institute are launching their new report on Bill 11 with an important and timely webinar this Tuesday, Feb. 3—Don't miss it!
Our friends at Parkland Institute are launching their new report on Bill 11 with an important and timely webinar this Tuesday, Feb. 3—Don't miss it!
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Medicare Under Threat: What to Know About Alberta’s Bill 11. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
A free webinar to launch “The End of Canadian Medicare? Alberta Legislation Opens the Door to U.S. Health Care,” a joint report by Parkland Institute and the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives th...
ualberta-ca.zoom.us
February 3, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Today at noon!
Tune into this webinar on your lunchbreak to learn about Alberta's Bill 11 and unprecedented threat it has on our treasured public health care.
Tune into this webinar on your lunchbreak to learn about Alberta's Bill 11 and unprecedented threat it has on our treasured public health care.
Reposted by Friends of Medicare
With cost of living and health care among the top 3 issues nationally, the introduction of two-tier health care via Alberta has significant implications for access and cost of health care
Join us Feb 3 as we launch a new report looking at Alberta’s new legislation
#cdnpoli #abpoli
Join us Feb 3 as we launch a new report looking at Alberta’s new legislation
#cdnpoli #abpoli
Join me and @poliscirish.bsky.social as we unpack what’s in Bill 11 — and the arrival of US two-tier health care in Canada
#cdnpoli #abpoli
#cdnpoli #abpoli
Alberta's new legislation opens the door to American-style, two-tier health care, & with it, massive repercussions for people all across the country.
Our friends at Parkland Institute are launching their new report on Bill 11 with an important and timely webinar this Tuesday, Feb. 3—Don't miss it!
Our friends at Parkland Institute are launching their new report on Bill 11 with an important and timely webinar this Tuesday, Feb. 3—Don't miss it!
January 30, 2026 at 5:15 PM