EDMONTON—Premier Danielle Smith has directed Alberta Health to investigate a Calgary clinic reportedly charging membership fees for medical services that are insured by the provincial health program, and offering accelerated access to a doctor for a significant annual fee.
An investigation is underway into Marda Loop Medical Clinic, owned by Dr. Sally Talbot-Jones, which recently announced that beginning July 25 the clinic would be seeing “free” patients only one day per week, and devoting four days a week to patients who pay out $2,200 per individual or $4,800 for a family each year.
