The province is adding $20 million to the $80 million Business Costs Program for the remainder of the agreement period with the Alberta Medical Association .Dr. Fredrykka Rinaldi, AMA president, said the agreement demonstrates collaboration and a way forward, but says gaps still remain for family physicians.
Health Minister Jason Copping said the additional funds will help ease business operations for physicians and specialists. "Everything is expensive. Our lease is expensive. To hire staff is expensive. All the supplies that we use is expensive," she said before adding, "it's really hard to manage an office right now or to own a business because we are losing money."
The deliberate sabotage went on too long for belated course-corrections to be cost-effective. Classic UCP's Alberta.