Alberta’s hybrid health-care plan breaks the spirit—and likely the law—of Canadian Medicare

The safeguard Alberta seeks to eliminate prevents doctors from playing both sides at once, which would create a slower, second-class system for people who can’t afford to pay.

All I want for Christmas is publicly funded health care

Medically necessary care should be publicly funded for everyone, not just those who choose to pay, or the 25 per cent with private employer-funded insurance. It’s easier than a pony.