Cory Morgan: Alberta Leads the Way on Health-Care Reform, but Preventable Missteps Could Jeopardize Progress

Cory Morgan: Alberta Leads the Way on Health-Care Reform, but Preventable Missteps Could Jeopardize Progress

Commentary Alberta has always been a positive disrupter among provinces when it comes to pursuing health-care reform. In 2000, Premier Ralph Klein was in a pitched battle with federal Liberal Health Minister Allan Rock over the allowance of private MRI services in the province. Waiting times for medical diagnostics were rising across the country, and Klein wanted to allow private companies into the mix to reduce the load. The federal government …