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MOIR: Don’t stop now — Smith government should enact more health-care reform

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A majority of Albertans last year were unsatisfied with the government’s handling of health care.

The median wait last year in Alberta was 19.2 weeks to see a specialist (after getting a referral from a family doctor) followed by the same amount of time to receive treatment.

This combined 38.4-week wait marked the longest delay for non-emergency care in Alberta since data were first published more than 30 years ago .

Fraser Institute : Last year health-care wait times in Alberta cost patients $778 million .

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