Alberta Tables Bill for Parallel Private-Public Surgery System

Alberta Tables Bill for Parallel Private-Public Surgery System
Minister of Primary and Preventative Health Services Adriana LaGrange speaks in Calgary in a file photo. Todd Korol/The Canadian Press
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The Alberta government has tabled legislation to enact its newly announced parallel private–public surgery model, saying it will reduce wait lists and help attract more doctors to the province.

Tabled on Nov. 24, Bill 11 would allow surgeons to perform non-urgent procedures in a private system under certain restrictions.