This is a page from the 2023 Alberta general election.
Health & Healthcare platforms
Here's what the candidates in Spruce Grove-Stony Plain, and their parties, are promising.We don't have any NDP policies on Autism.
Dental care and optometry
SM
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Look at ways to include these benefits into existing AHC for all.
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Nobody should go without dental care
We don't have any NDP policies on Dental care and optometry.
We don't have any UCP policies on Dental care and optometry.
Drugs and addiction
Daniel Birrell
Green candidate in your district-
As mentioned before, universal basic income and universal mental health care are both strategies I will implement to solve the root problems of addiction.
SM
We don't have any NDP policies on Drugs and addiction.
UCP
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Spend $6M over two years to create sheriff-led teams targeting gun smuggling and fentanyl trafficking at the border
Gender-affirming care
Daniel Birrell
Green candidate in your district-
I will advocate for the use of gender-affirming care for people of all ages.
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I will educate and teach about what gender-affirming care is and how it is used in society now and how it can be used in the future.
SM
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Legislate PARENTAL Controls with respect to minors seeking Gender-Affirming care.
NDP
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Work with Alberta Health and Alberta Health Services to increase timely access to gender-affirming care
We don't have any UCP policies on Gender-affirming care.
Health staffing
SM
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Rehire non-jabbed with no requirements to take any unwanted medical treatment.
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Recruit Healthcare professionals from across the country
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Fast-track current backlog of 69,000 surgeries
NDP
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Offer $10K signing bonuses to doctors, nurses, and other health professionals
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Create 10K more post-secondary healthcare spaces
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Protect healthcare jobs and retain health care workers who already work in Alberta
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Offer incentives for working in rural or remote communities
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Double the number of residency spaces that international medical graduates are eligible for, and remove bi-annual language exams if graduates are working in English
We don't have any UCP policies on Health staffing.
Healthcare availability
NDP
We don't have any UCP policies on Healthcare availability.
Hospitals
NDP
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Plan a North Calgary Health Campus
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Create a cardiac catheterisation lab at the Chinook Regional Hospital
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Create an Alberta Cancer Innovation Hub
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Fund a new X-Ray machine in Morinville
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"This includes the South Edmonton Hospital, Red Deer Hospital, staffing the Calgary Cancer Centre and Grand Prairie Hospital, planning for a North Calgary Health Campus, a new Stollery Children’s Hospital serving Edmonton all of Northern Alberta and the Northwest Territories, a Cardiac Catheterization Lab at the Chinook Regional Hospital, and a new X-Ray machine in Morinville."
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We don't have any UCP policies on Hospitals.
Mental health
Daniel Birrell
Green candidate in your district-
I will fight for universal mental health care, ensuring all Albertans can get access to the help they may need.
We don't have any NDP policies on Mental health.
UCP
Natal care
We don't have any NDP policies on Natal care.
UCP
Prescription drugs and pharmacare
Daniel Birrell
Green candidate in your district-
I will advocate for prescription drugs being covered under the Alberta health plan.
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I will advocate for coverage of prescription drugs under current Alberta Health Care.
We don't have any NDP policies on Prescription drugs and pharmacare.
We don't have any UCP policies on Prescription drugs and pharmacare.
Primary care
Seniors' health and services
NDP
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Increase homecare by 20K more clients over the next 4 years
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Support organisations that help seniors with snow shoveling, yard care, transportation, and meal prep
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Cover drivers medical exams
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Reverse cuts to rental assistance
UCP
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Provide a 25% seniors' discount on personal registry services, campsite bookings, and medical driving tests
Sexual and reproductive health
Women's health
We don't have any NDP policies on Women's health.