Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is pictured in a file photo from July 15.
The move comes as part of the United Conservative Party government's health-care system overhaul. Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says her plan to "Uber-ize" and replace the province's online continuing care directory is aimed at making it easier for patients to navigate spaces, and the analogy shouldn't be taken too far.
It's part of the United Conservative government's health-care system overhaul that will see the responsibility for continuing care shifted from the Health Ministry to Seniors, Community and Social Services Minister Jason Nixon. "We've heard from our various non-profit and private providers that some facilities have as many as 35 per cent of spaces open," she said.
He added that private service providers and organizations are crucial to maintaining the system, and government will continue to work with them. Thursday, the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees, which represents some 62,000 members in health care, said Smith is opening the door to health-care profiteering.
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