Copping announces $243 million to boost Alberta primary health care over three years abhealth ableg abpoli
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The UCP said it will be putting an historic $2 billion into improving primary health care in 2023-24, although it didn’t provide a specific comparison of what it considered total primary health care funding in previous years.Article content It comes as many Albertans struggle to find a family doctor, and after Copping said last week the UCPto put $150 million a year into hiring new health teams to boost the number of patients family doctors can see and increase access to primary health care.Article content
Copping said the final MAPS reports are expected to be delivered at the end of March. Of the recommendations, he said the government plans to implement all of them, but some will take more time. He did not offer any specific timelines. The government has already signalled it plans to boost health care funding by $600 million in the upcoming budget.Article content
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