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Alberta's Private Imaging Plan Sparks Concern | Calgary News
Alberta’s new self-referral imaging program, launched last Friday, lets patients pay upfront for scans without a doctor’s referral—promising faster access and potential reimbursement if serious illness is found. But medical technologists warn it could overwhelm already strained staff, while clinics hesitate to jump in, watching larger facilities first. Critics fear this shift, alongside doctors working in private sectors, risks eroding universal healthcare by creating a two-tiered system where wealth determines access—raising alarms about equity and the future of public health care in…
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