Friends of Medicare - Leduc-Beaumont Chapter

03/09/2026

When politicians cannot defend the merits of their own policies, they seem to increasingly resort to attacking their policy critics instead. Including FOM.

In light of recent UCP government comments attacking our credibility, here are some of the noteworthy public policy predictions Friends of Medicare has made under this provincial government:
https://www.friendsofmedicare.org/friends_of_medicare_credibility

02/12/2026

Public health care is under attack and we're here to defend it.

We're rallying for public health care on Parliament Hill today at 12pm.

We are demanding the federal government enforce the Canada Health Act and stop two-tier health care from spreading across the country.

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02/11/2026

02/07/2026

02/06/2026

02/06/2026

🚑🏥 “It didn’t do anything to deal with the real issue, which is capacity beyond the emergency department,” UNA President Heather Smith told the Canadian Press.

Smith said the triage liaison position likely won’t fix all that ails the province’s emergency departments, based on her members’ past experience.

Smith said some things have changed since 2007 and a lot of the tasks physicians were doing in emergency rooms in the past are now part of protocols that nurses carry out, and triage liaison doctors will still be limited by the need for nursing staff to help them.

📰 Report from Canadian Press, February 2, 2026

02/06/2026

We've awarded our first-ever grant to enhance local health services and we're not stopping there. Beaumont is looking for primary care providers ready to get started or expand their services to meet the needs of our residents.

We're funding applications that bring:
🔹After-hours care
🔹Walk-in capacity
🔹Semi-urgent care
🔹More providers for our growing community

Ready to be the next successful applicant? Apply now: https://ow.ly/mfZF50Y6zJ7

02/06/2026

Drs. David U. Himmelstein and Steffie Woolhandler are Distinguished Professors of Public Health at the City University of New York’s Hunter College AND co-founders of Physicians for a National Health Program, which advocates for single-payer healthcare in the United States. They join Andrew Longhu...

02/04/2026