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Alberta communities with limited access to health-care services are likely going to suffer more, unless the government engages the future physicians of our province as allies. The unilaterally imposed changes to physician services in Alberta have been met with much anger and frustration from doctors across the province. Medical students are unhappy, too.
Rachel Bethune is a medical student in her final year at the University of Calgary. Prior to medical school, Rachel completed her Master of Public Health degree at the University of Saskatchewan where she was awarded the prestigious School of Public Health Gold Scholarship. Throughout her schooling she has participated in, chaired, or otherwise led committees that aimed to look after the welfare of and the quality of life of medical students.
Bill 21, the Ensuring Fiscal Sustainability Act, would give the health minister the power as of 2022 to put limits on a doctor’s licence or billing number, so doctors can only practise in certain parts of Alberta. Ted Rhodes / Calgary Herald The UCP government of Premier Jason Kenney has passed Bill 21: the Ensuring Fiscal Sustainability Act, 2019.
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