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<blockquote data-quote="Victoria" data-source="post: 424679" data-attributes="member: 1258"><p>In Alberta we do have to pay insurance premiums regardless of how many times you go to the hospital. It is family rate of $88.00/month or a singles rate of $44.00/month. Lower income people can apply to have the rate waived but your income has to be really low to qualify or on welfare. So after paying your insurance premiums all hospital visits and doctors visits are covered. Dental, eyes, homeopathic and drugs are not covered however and people need to purchase additional insurance or have job provided insurance to cover these areas. </p><p></p><p>The line-ups for health care are insane. AB is a boom province and it is showing in hospitals that have people waiting in the stories that are told. It's not pretty. BUT a lot of the problem is in mismanagement of the money and the fact that the more problems there are the more patients demand the govt. to put into health care so the guys at the top are actually being paid more to be incompetent. Not a good system. Some of it is just the huge growth but only some.</p><p></p><p>Our small town hospital is wonderful and in the next town we have a clinic that was opened up by South African doctors and I have NEVER experienced health care like they give. They treat you well and solve your problem. I wish all doctors could be like them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Victoria, post: 424679, member: 1258"] In Alberta we do have to pay insurance premiums regardless of how many times you go to the hospital. It is family rate of $88.00/month or a singles rate of $44.00/month. Lower income people can apply to have the rate waived but your income has to be really low to qualify or on welfare. So after paying your insurance premiums all hospital visits and doctors visits are covered. Dental, eyes, homeopathic and drugs are not covered however and people need to purchase additional insurance or have job provided insurance to cover these areas. The line-ups for health care are insane. AB is a boom province and it is showing in hospitals that have people waiting in the stories that are told. It's not pretty. BUT a lot of the problem is in mismanagement of the money and the fact that the more problems there are the more patients demand the govt. to put into health care so the guys at the top are actually being paid more to be incompetent. Not a good system. Some of it is just the huge growth but only some. Our small town hospital is wonderful and in the next town we have a clinic that was opened up by South African doctors and I have NEVER experienced health care like they give. They treat you well and solve your problem. I wish all doctors could be like them. [/QUOTE]
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