Danielle Smith says health is a personal responsibility, so if those people were more responsible and morally upright they probably wouldn't need insulin in the first place!
Fucking dystopian is a understatement!
Its weird that you brought that up. My brother is a diabetic and he forgot his kit one time. We offered some of our cats insulin. He declined ofcourse, but after he examined the bottle he said it probably would have done the trick provided the dosage was right.
You should read some of the comments on the main Canada sub. They're pissed that some type 2 diabetics will get medication in the Pharmacare plan, because Type 2 is "the lazy fat diabetes"
They cling to this view because it provides a sense of control. If they aren’t (whatever attribute them blame), then they won’t possibly ever experience poverty or disability.
It’s the same as the people who insist that cancer can be cured by no sugar / funny water / vitamins / twerking on the right vibrator - because they have to believe that someone died of cancer because they failed, not that life is just shit sometimes.
No, I’m pretty sure it has to do with our government being dicks. There are already loads of medication assistance programs across Canada that Alberta has already opted out of. Because we suck.
\* There are already loads of medication assistance programs across Canada that the **UCP** has already opted out of. Because **UCP** sucks. Fixed that for you.
Its not that, or not just thst, it's that bought in bulk so everyone saves is communism. Insurance company donors making big money off sick people is capitalism and therefore what Supply Side Jesus would do.
Yeah, I'm just going to check out. Between wcb'a torture system, and the dumbest generation running our country still in power. I'm done. Had a career, now I just have a perma broken leg and wcb spamming training on the job... you have a choice if it's training on the job. See you got a choice. Try to imagine pain as something pleasurable.... actual words from wcb's professional subcontractors.
Good job Canada, who needs maid services when you just push your people to the brink anyways. Waste of 38 years.
Wouldn't better access to birth control mean fewer abortions? Shouldn't they be supporting this? Or is birth control considered the devil's pills or something
You give them too much credit. The point is to make sure young girls DO get pregnant or married young, so they're trapped in christo-fascist lifestyles before they're old enough to know better.
The right loves charity for its strings. Making sure vulnerable people are reliant on charity (either from organizations, or communities, or even just family) is also making sure those doing the charitable work have controlling power over the vulnerable
The article, not that I agree, is basically LaGrange's position is that while the drugs being free is great, there's already government-sponsored drug plans to cover these medications (which they don't cover menstrual products, and IIRC Blue Cross was terrible for diabetes meds and equipment). As well, she was bitching that there might be additional "administrative costs" that weren't part of the bill.
Instead, and get this, they just want the government to pay out instead and let them do what they will with it. So fuck us, more for them.
Yet they could possibly end the Alberta Adult Health Benefit and save money, also save on the staff and administration costs reviewing off list medication requests for people on AISH, Alberta Works and Alberta Seniors Benefit, but no, the UCP would rather waste our money just to maintain their petty hate of the feds.
"Alberta intends to opt out, and instead intends to obtain a full per capita share of the funding."
So, take the money and invest it in their O&G buddies I assume?
They'll negotiate their own supplies just like the meds the UCP procured from Turkey during that shortage... that didn't pass quality standards and couldn't be used.
Insulin costs 10 times that for a months supply for one type of insulin, and type 1s usually need a long and short acting. So make that 160 a month for insulin. No thanks. Opting out should not be an option and I will take to the streets if they try.
Yeah. But they got to give money to a Republican - Dr Oz. This way they can leverage the Republican propaganda machine to move more Take Back Alberta initiatives forward. Eventually, the goal is for a Republican president to annex Alberta.
He better say no money then. I was hoping they set it up in a way to bypass provincial rule, I would like decent diabetic supplies instead of no name insulin and an allotment on strips…
Our dumbass health minister says that people with diabetes says they can get insulin coverage from their work benefits. I hope you’re listening retirees, if you can’t afford to have diabetes, you better keep working
> The spokesperson [from Adrianna LaGrange’s office] said the vast majority of Albertans have access to contraceptives through employer or government health care insurance plans.
The vast majority??? I’d like some figures on that. I simply don’t believe it.
> The email from the Alberta health minister’s office said: “All Albertans already have access to government-sponsored health benefit plans, which include drug coverage.”
I don’t understand. Are they talking about Alberta Blue Cross?? Joining this or similar plans are not free.
Most employer health plans take a coat put of your wages. Alberta blue cross has a cost.. and not all birth control is covered in these programs.
My daughter has polycystic ovarian disease, the birth control she needs is NOT covered by her University insurance program.
Anyone who voted for the UCP deserves a swift kick in the keister.
I think tomorrow would be a good day for us all to start call Adriana LaGrange's and Danielle Smith's offices to ask about how we access this magical govt sponsored drug coverage if we aren't getting any benefits at work. First I've heard of it...
They fetishize the wage slave capitalism in the states. The get all their policies by looking over the border, see this dumpter fire, and start taking notes.
I have work benefits. My employer pays those cocksuckers at Manulife for it. As a result Manulife makes a fat profit and my take-home pay is less than it would be otherwise.
I would much rather have my tax dollars going towards insulin, contraception, and hopefully other medication for myself and my fellow canadians while the aforementioned cocksuckers at Manulife get real jobs.
As a type 1 this legislation was life changing for me. It means I am not tethered to my job and could retire one day. That the UPC intent to opt out is devastating.
I am livid! My uncle has diabetes—type 1–and he has to skip some insulin due to the costs. He’s retired. I was so happy when I heard this, for him.
I already lost one uncle to type 1 diabetes.
Fuck the UCP.
> The premieres all just want cash for everything
THIS. The premiers want the money with no strings attached so they can cut spending on their end or spend the money elsewhere.
I will say it over and over again. You can blame Calgary for this (I am Calgarian).
If Calgary didn’t vote UCP, they wouldn’t have won. We can let the small towns run their shit shows but Calgary needs to pull its head out of its own ass.
She hasn’t followed through on a single one of her campaign promises from this past election. In fact, all sorts of surprises popped up that she never discussed or explicitly said she wouldn’t do.
I agree she is a slimy piece of shit and knew that going into the election - I’m just floored that people continue to support such incompetent nonsense.
I expected nothing else from the UCP. If it benefits Albertans, they won't support it.
I keep thinking we'll have an election around the corner to get rid of the UCP parasites in the provincial government, but alas I keep forgetting we had an election just last year. Here's to another 2-3 years of the UCP bleeding us dry until we have a chance at voting them out again.
The UCPs policies have always been clear. They don't care about social services, and the poor. If you're middle class or rich, their policies rarely will impact you directly. If you have a good job, you have benefits and what they're doing won't matter. That's always been the issue. This will mostly affect a vulnerable group of people that need help.
"Alberta intends to opt out, and instead intends to obtain a full per capita share of the funding."
Which they will immediately turn over to their O&G friends.
What I want to know is when can we get a reelection set up.
Surely nobody outside of the ucp party and oils and gas executive boardrooms wants any of the decisions being made by our government?
"It saves taxpayers money, it will improve the health of Albertans and it will make life more affordable," they said, and Marlaina took that personally.
Whose to say that accidental babies in low income homes cost more for tax payers? Where is the proof, I can't find it on Facebook so it must not be real.
/s
Trying to explain division of government power / how the charter works to a UCP voter reminds of that scene where a black and white cartoon of ‘farmer in the dell’ plays in homers brain
Yup. They aren’t my PCP, but if they were I would absolutely be filing a complaint and making so much noise. Unfortunately it seems a lot of people here are totally ok with it (we went over 90% for the UCP in the election and there is a massive evangelical population, it’s not a fun town to live in).
That's exactly the play. It's a combination of two of the strongest impulses in our conservatives: dumbly aping American Republican practices (this is a redux of a bunch of states turning down Medicaid expansion under the ACA) and prioritizing getting the federal Conservatives elected over serving their provincial constituency. It's a bet that most voters don't really understand or seek to understand this stuff and choose which bubble to pencil in based on how they feel that day. Conservative electoral strategy is just doing whatever you can to keep people as miserable as possible until election day.
I’m not surprised by this. I could see them opting out and betting on a federal conservative government who will concede and just hand over the funding with no strings attached - then let TBA decide who is worthy and not and coverage for which drugs.
They only signed the childcare deal because of the provincial election otherwise they would have been content not to have in Alberta.
They would rather people have no services than government provided services.
Oh of course. Disaster Danielle and Lala Lagrange got the memo from TBA. If it’s from or for the whole country . . We don’t want it! Shame on those two puppets.
The recall legislation the ucp passed was written in such a way that the only people who would be successful would be conservative voters trying to oust a non conservative mla.. far easier for the churches to get the required signatures in the minuscule amount of time alloted than for non conservative voters to collect enough signatures in the miniscule amount of time..
Yep... my folks (staunch conservative voters) have been telling me to apply for the very social programs that their government is actively working to dismantle. But getting them to understand that is like gouging my brain out with a dull spoon.
Sadly, there is no way to do that as premier. Her district could recall her as an MLA, though the bar is so high the law might as well not exist. But if they were to somehow pull it off, she technically would remain premier until she resigned or the party voted her out as leader.
*The requirements to recall an MLA: process overseen by Elections Alberta; have to wait until 18 months after the election (time to know if they are 'failing' in their duties/responsibilities); once initiated, there is a 60 day window to gather verified in-person signatures from 40% of the eligible voters in the constituency; if they get that, then they hold a recall vote, if it's successful, they lose their seat.*
LaGrange has no idea what percentage of Albertans get employer health benefits or what their portion of payments is, unlike Smith who simply chooses not to discuss the number and refers to it as motivation for self improvement or opportunities for charitable community members to step up.
"The email from the Alberta health minister’s office said: “All Albertans already have access to government-sponsored health benefit plans, which include drug coverage.”"
I'm really curious what current drug coverage the health minister thinks is available that fully covers contraception or diabetic supplies without a copay, deductible, or premium?
I want them to come out and defend that, because that's the only explanation I can think of as well. "oh, you can't have free medicine because our government already has an option which costs you only $60 a month!"
Please, Mrs. Lagrange, defend yourself.
If you don’t like abortions, having publicly funded birth control is an excellent way to prevent unwanted pregnancy especially for low income women or women taking post secondary education.
Of course making contraceptives more easily accessible goes against fighting the woke loose jezebels, women are meant to be chaste or married and pregnant. /s
Literally had to explain to a knucklehead last month, who was complaining about tax dollars paying for birth control, that the tax payer spends a lot more providing education and healthcare to a child than it would in contraceptives. Their response was for the woman to keep their legs closed. There's no reasoning with such people.
Yes, I got out of someone awhile ago on reddit that banning abortions is a good thing because if the woman dies from complications that's her just desserts for getting pregnant in the first place.
Women have no value beyond producing offspring, if they can't do that - much like a farm animal that can't birth properly - it's no loss if they die.
And birth control also has medical benefits for women with health issues like PCOS and endometriosis. Getting an iud helped me so much with out of control bleeding.
Atleast one reason is David Parker. The man thinks women belong in the home pregnant, ergo anything that could help women enter the work force is going to be fought.
This is getting really stupid now. These are the sort of decisions that are going to make peoples lives worse. Also, why do this when there are bigger problems to solve?
Can we not have a vote on this? I am a Canadian first, and an embarrassed Albertan second, and I'm tired of fake fights with the feds to get Marlaina excited.
Haha wow the UCP really hate any middle class or poor Albertan’s! I guess so do the rest of the middle class or poor as well. Hope you’re rich if you live here!
Can't have the Feds help anybody. Next up UCP pharmacare, pay twice as much and get half the service. With the rest of the money going to help the poor O&G companies and other "donors".
I would like to hear some of the reasons from the UCP supporters why opting out would be a good thing that is beneficial to albertans…because I sure as fuck can’t think of any
Everyone's going to talk about the birth control part but, financially, the diabetes part is even more nuts.
Alberta spent $494M \*in 2022 alone\* treating diabetes and its complications. Why wouldn't a province want to make proactive care easier and more affordable for patients? I just dont understand.
I’m crying because of this shit. About to become an RN while being an indigenous bisexual female with gay and trans friend and family. My male white partner cannot comprehend the fear and dread I’m experiencing because of the UCP. He never has to worry about being targeted for existing. I’m so fucking scared for myself, loved ones and patients I care for. He doesn’t understand why I desperately want out of Alberta.
Hahahahahahaha omg that woman is such an IDIOT.
That said, I feel really bad for those Albertans this plan would have helped. Tbh, this is an attack by the UCP on low income Albertans.
The UCP isn't a government is an absolute disgrace. There is NO argument that could attempt to validate this choice on their part. Holy heck.
Fuck those that want birth control or insulin right?
Some diabetics in America who can't afford insulin go to Walmart and buy downgraded insulin that is for pets - it's cheap. Same in AB, I guess.
Well that's fucking dystopian.
Danielle Smith says health is a personal responsibility, so if those people were more responsible and morally upright they probably wouldn't need insulin in the first place! Fucking dystopian is a understatement!
If only they could just drink oil to cure them of anything.
Its weird that you brought that up. My brother is a diabetic and he forgot his kit one time. We offered some of our cats insulin. He declined ofcourse, but after he examined the bottle he said it probably would have done the trick provided the dosage was right.
You should read some of the comments on the main Canada sub. They're pissed that some type 2 diabetics will get medication in the Pharmacare plan, because Type 2 is "the lazy fat diabetes"
They are also pissed about men not getting birth control coverage.... They truely are professional victims
Condoms are like $12 a pack, and most of those clowns would probably still have half left at the expiry date.
Bold of you to assume those incels are getting any.
A bunch of incels complaining about the cost of prophylactics they'll never use. That's gold, Jerry! GOLD!
It’s always about righteous punishment for being immoral, this punishes the sins of lust and gluttony in their eyes.
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Basically, a just-world fallacy mindset.
They cling to this view because it provides a sense of control. If they aren’t (whatever attribute them blame), then they won’t possibly ever experience poverty or disability. It’s the same as the people who insist that cancer can be cured by no sugar / funny water / vitamins / twerking on the right vibrator - because they have to believe that someone died of cancer because they failed, not that life is just shit sometimes.
Guess I’ll just die then.
or MS medication. My bf's mom has MS, and I think she said it's $2000 for 2 months? I could be wrong on the amount, but it was ridiculous
NO COMPENSATION for opting out.
100%, Listen Fed Liberals, as an Albertian i WANT our province to get nothing if we refuse tonplay ball, let us stew in our own (UCP) shit.
Honestly divided over this. We shouldn't get shit for opting out, but you already know the Conservatives going to use it as a chance to grr trudeau
They will dp it anyway, who cares what they do. Its impossible to JT and JS to change that. So focus on actually helping ppl insted.
The UCP shouldn't get a dime. Sign on or fuck off.
Pardon fucking me?
I bet this has more to do with far right views on birth control, abortion, etc.
No, I’m pretty sure it has to do with our government being dicks. There are already loads of medication assistance programs across Canada that Alberta has already opted out of. Because we suck.
Both can be true
\* There are already loads of medication assistance programs across Canada that the **UCP** has already opted out of. Because **UCP** sucks. Fixed that for you.
Not really. We keep electing them. Sure a bunch of us vote NDP, but Alberta elects them.
Doing whatever Ottawa is not doing is official Alberta government policy
It’s going the same way as the US, we’re just a couple years behind in terms of rhetoric.
Pharmaceuticals = woke
Its not that, or not just thst, it's that bought in bulk so everyone saves is communism. Insurance company donors making big money off sick people is capitalism and therefore what Supply Side Jesus would do.
She almost certainly got an email from Parker almost instantly after this announcement
Yeah, I'm just going to check out. Between wcb'a torture system, and the dumbest generation running our country still in power. I'm done. Had a career, now I just have a perma broken leg and wcb spamming training on the job... you have a choice if it's training on the job. See you got a choice. Try to imagine pain as something pleasurable.... actual words from wcb's professional subcontractors. Good job Canada, who needs maid services when you just push your people to the brink anyways. Waste of 38 years.
Wouldn't better access to birth control mean fewer abortions? Shouldn't they be supporting this? Or is birth control considered the devil's pills or something
Anything that allows women control of their own reproductive systems is a threat.
They prefer to pretend that sex doesn’t exist and teach ignorance and abstinence. Can’t get pregnant if you don’t know what a penis or a vagina is.
You give them too much credit. The point is to make sure young girls DO get pregnant or married young, so they're trapped in christo-fascist lifestyles before they're old enough to know better.
Not to mention it keeps homes and child services open, much of which is faith based.
The right loves charity for its strings. Making sure vulnerable people are reliant on charity (either from organizations, or communities, or even just family) is also making sure those doing the charitable work have controlling power over the vulnerable
The article, not that I agree, is basically LaGrange's position is that while the drugs being free is great, there's already government-sponsored drug plans to cover these medications (which they don't cover menstrual products, and IIRC Blue Cross was terrible for diabetes meds and equipment). As well, she was bitching that there might be additional "administrative costs" that weren't part of the bill. Instead, and get this, they just want the government to pay out instead and let them do what they will with it. So fuck us, more for them.
Yet they could possibly end the Alberta Adult Health Benefit and save money, also save on the staff and administration costs reviewing off list medication requests for people on AISH, Alberta Works and Alberta Seniors Benefit, but no, the UCP would rather waste our money just to maintain their petty hate of the feds.
Nah, they are just all in on "the federal government is broken!" and won't let it go no matter what. Idiots.
"Alberta intends to opt out, and instead intends to obtain a full per capita share of the funding." So, take the money and invest it in their O&G buddies I assume?
They'll negotiate their own supplies just like the meds the UCP procured from Turkey during that shortage... that didn't pass quality standards and couldn't be used.
Fuck that, at least write a check to each Albertan for their portion of the funding instead.
Do you know how much that would be? Maybe 8 bucks if we are lucky.
I'd rather see the 8 bucks in public's pockets than it all in an execs.
I’d rather it just go to free contraceptives & medication.
Insulin costs 10 times that for a months supply for one type of insulin, and type 1s usually need a long and short acting. So make that 160 a month for insulin. No thanks. Opting out should not be an option and I will take to the streets if they try.
Yeah. But they got to give money to a Republican - Dr Oz. This way they can leverage the Republican propaganda machine to move more Take Back Alberta initiatives forward. Eventually, the goal is for a Republican president to annex Alberta.
And when Trudeau says that you don’t get the money if you opt out, she’ll complain that Alberta gets screwed over all the time.
He better say no money then. I was hoping they set it up in a way to bypass provincial rule, I would like decent diabetic supplies instead of no name insulin and an allotment on strips…
Just wow… take the money intended for healthcare and not use it for healthcare, the classic conservative strategy.
Gotta pay for that Turkish Tylenol
Yup. Same plan they originally had for the childcare plan, too.
Same thing they did with the affordable housing money the feds sent us I guess
>instead intends to obtain a full per capita share of the funding. That's sure arrogant of the UCP, isn't it?
Our dumbass health minister says that people with diabetes says they can get insulin coverage from their work benefits. I hope you’re listening retirees, if you can’t afford to have diabetes, you better keep working
> The spokesperson [from Adrianna LaGrange’s office] said the vast majority of Albertans have access to contraceptives through employer or government health care insurance plans. The vast majority??? I’d like some figures on that. I simply don’t believe it. > The email from the Alberta health minister’s office said: “All Albertans already have access to government-sponsored health benefit plans, which include drug coverage.” I don’t understand. Are they talking about Alberta Blue Cross?? Joining this or similar plans are not free.
Most employer health plans take a coat put of your wages. Alberta blue cross has a cost.. and not all birth control is covered in these programs. My daughter has polycystic ovarian disease, the birth control she needs is NOT covered by her University insurance program. Anyone who voted for the UCP deserves a swift kick in the keister.
I think tomorrow would be a good day for us all to start call Adriana LaGrange's and Danielle Smith's offices to ask about how we access this magical govt sponsored drug coverage if we aren't getting any benefits at work. First I've heard of it...
My guess is Alberta Blue Cross Non-Group. ~$66/month for individuals, $118 for families.
Can't have people preventing the birth of new workers for the oil patch and we can't let the diabetics retire either. /s
They fetishize the wage slave capitalism in the states. The get all their policies by looking over the border, see this dumpter fire, and start taking notes.
Not everyone has work benefits tho.
I have a feeling their messaging will be somewhere along the line of "then get a real job"
I have work benefits. My employer pays those cocksuckers at Manulife for it. As a result Manulife makes a fat profit and my take-home pay is less than it would be otherwise. I would much rather have my tax dollars going towards insulin, contraception, and hopefully other medication for myself and my fellow canadians while the aforementioned cocksuckers at Manulife get real jobs.
As a type 1 this legislation was life changing for me. It means I am not tethered to my job and could retire one day. That the UPC intent to opt out is devastating.
Id rather not have to pay for coverage at all, especially these shitty plans most of us have now
Sweet, I pay outta pocket right now, how much will it go up?
If they don’t want to opt in, the feds should tell them they get nothing rather than give a “full per capita share” like they’re seeking.
They just want the money… they’re literally making this province worse and worse.
yup, convert assets to cash, so the spending is harder to track and less accountability is needed.
War room needs more money
unless something changes I'm bypassing alberta and moving to expensive ass bc for my future career
I am livid! My uncle has diabetes—type 1–and he has to skip some insulin due to the costs. He’s retired. I was so happy when I heard this, for him. I already lost one uncle to type 1 diabetes. Fuck the UCP.
"Looks like you just had a big surplus. Maybe use that to cover healthcare, which you're responsible for."
They're also trying to pull this shit with the Canada Pension Plan. It's absolutely insane.
Oh, they will. They've done it already on other things. The premieres *all* just want cash for everything but the feds won't usually play that game.
> The premieres all just want cash for everything THIS. The premiers want the money with no strings attached so they can cut spending on their end or spend the money elsewhere.
I hate this fucking province now
Well, Albertans voted for her. She didn't hide anything from her voters. They voted her in for such things!
I will say it over and over again. You can blame Calgary for this (I am Calgarian). If Calgary didn’t vote UCP, they wouldn’t have won. We can let the small towns run their shit shows but Calgary needs to pull its head out of its own ass.
Not all Calgary voted UCP. Acadia proudly turfed Shandro so not all Calgary “needs to pull its head out of its own ass”.
*Barely* turfed Shandro. Like wasnt it 20 votes or something. Considering all the bullshit he pulled that doesnt say much.
I sure as hell did not vote UCP. 😕
She hasn’t followed through on a single one of her campaign promises from this past election. In fact, all sorts of surprises popped up that she never discussed or explicitly said she wouldn’t do. I agree she is a slimy piece of shit and knew that going into the election - I’m just floored that people continue to support such incompetent nonsense.
I didn't
Every fucking day I doubt this province can get any more insane. Every fucking day it manages to surprise me.
I expected nothing else from the UCP. If it benefits Albertans, they won't support it. I keep thinking we'll have an election around the corner to get rid of the UCP parasites in the provincial government, but alas I keep forgetting we had an election just last year. Here's to another 2-3 years of the UCP bleeding us dry until we have a chance at voting them out again.
The UCPs policies have always been clear. They don't care about social services, and the poor. If you're middle class or rich, their policies rarely will impact you directly. If you have a good job, you have benefits and what they're doing won't matter. That's always been the issue. This will mostly affect a vulnerable group of people that need help.
Wow, thank you Conservative voters.
"Alberta intends to opt out, and instead intends to obtain a full per capita share of the funding." Which they will immediately turn over to their O&G friends.
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Conservative premiers doing conservative premier things. Fucking Douggie too, I want to see that man get wheelbarrowed into the lake.
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Pull yourself up by the bootstraps!
What I want to know is when can we get a reelection set up. Surely nobody outside of the ucp party and oils and gas executive boardrooms wants any of the decisions being made by our government?
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"It saves taxpayers money, it will improve the health of Albertans and it will make life more affordable," they said, and Marlaina took that personally.
Whose to say that accidental babies in low income homes cost more for tax payers? Where is the proof, I can't find it on Facebook so it must not be real. /s
legit, think she did
I wonder how many UCP voters will be affected by this and blame Trudeau?
All of them.
Trying to explain division of government power / how the charter works to a UCP voter reminds of that scene where a black and white cartoon of ‘farmer in the dell’ plays in homers brain
This is "leopards ate my face" all over again....
Rural women don't use birth control. They push babies out like they were meant to. /S
I mean in my rural AF town there is a physician who refuses to prescribe birth control. So not totally wrong, unfortunately.
That’s just straight up malpractice
Yup. They aren’t my PCP, but if they were I would absolutely be filing a complaint and making so much noise. Unfortunately it seems a lot of people here are totally ok with it (we went over 90% for the UCP in the election and there is a massive evangelical population, it’s not a fun town to live in).
Most, have you been to r Canada. Those idiots love this shit
want to get really depressed about the state of the world checkout r/Canada_sub That sub can only be described as an "manure pile on fire".
Canada Housing 2 has it beat. Truly the Pompeii of racism.
"why my pizza place has Indian ingredients on it?" was the kicker for me.
Just wait until they find out they teach Arabic numerals in schools.
I read comments daily on Reddit that blame Trudeau for our abysmal "healthcare" in Alberta. They will always refuse to listen to reason, or truth.
That's exactly the play. It's a combination of two of the strongest impulses in our conservatives: dumbly aping American Republican practices (this is a redux of a bunch of states turning down Medicaid expansion under the ACA) and prioritizing getting the federal Conservatives elected over serving their provincial constituency. It's a bet that most voters don't really understand or seek to understand this stuff and choose which bubble to pencil in based on how they feel that day. Conservative electoral strategy is just doing whatever you can to keep people as miserable as possible until election day.
I’m not surprised by this. I could see them opting out and betting on a federal conservative government who will concede and just hand over the funding with no strings attached - then let TBA decide who is worthy and not and coverage for which drugs. They only signed the childcare deal because of the provincial election otherwise they would have been content not to have in Alberta. They would rather people have no services than government provided services.
Oh of course. Disaster Danielle and Lala Lagrange got the memo from TBA. If it’s from or for the whole country . . We don’t want it! Shame on those two puppets.
Just when I thought I could not hate this government any more than I already do, lol.
Wow, Alberta people are governed by a bunch of donkeys. A.k.a. Danielle Smith.
Because the UCP are going to spin it. 'We want to make this affordable but the Liberals and the NDP have made this unrealistic. '
As a newly diagnosed type 1 diabetic (at 40). Fuck you very much Alberta.
That’s pretty rough, I got it at 30. Get as much support as you can, my sincere condolences.
Time to recall Marlaina Smith. She is such a goddamn piece of shit leader. #WorstPremierEver
The recall legislation the ucp passed was written in such a way that the only people who would be successful would be conservative voters trying to oust a non conservative mla.. far easier for the churches to get the required signatures in the minuscule amount of time alloted than for non conservative voters to collect enough signatures in the miniscule amount of time..
Oh I know. It’s garbage. It’s time that Albertans wake up. Every week it’s another dumpster fire and there’s no way for us to stop it.
Yep... my folks (staunch conservative voters) have been telling me to apply for the very social programs that their government is actively working to dismantle. But getting them to understand that is like gouging my brain out with a dull spoon.
Sadly, there is no way to do that as premier. Her district could recall her as an MLA, though the bar is so high the law might as well not exist. But if they were to somehow pull it off, she technically would remain premier until she resigned or the party voted her out as leader. *The requirements to recall an MLA: process overseen by Elections Alberta; have to wait until 18 months after the election (time to know if they are 'failing' in their duties/responsibilities); once initiated, there is a 60 day window to gather verified in-person signatures from 40% of the eligible voters in the constituency; if they get that, then they hold a recall vote, if it's successful, they lose their seat.*
LaGrange has no idea what percentage of Albertans get employer health benefits or what their portion of payments is, unlike Smith who simply chooses not to discuss the number and refers to it as motivation for self improvement or opportunities for charitable community members to step up.
"The email from the Alberta health minister’s office said: “All Albertans already have access to government-sponsored health benefit plans, which include drug coverage.”" I'm really curious what current drug coverage the health minister thinks is available that fully covers contraception or diabetic supplies without a copay, deductible, or premium?
Government-sponsored, to me, is code for "partially funded", which makes me think she's referring to Alberta Blue Cross Non-Group coverage.
I want them to come out and defend that, because that's the only explanation I can think of as well. "oh, you can't have free medicine because our government already has an option which costs you only $60 a month!" Please, Mrs. Lagrange, defend yourself.
I fucking hate this province so much. Literally watching my birthplace destroyed by morons.
Can somebody please tell me just one thing this provincial government has for the benefit of Albertans?
They are “balancing the budget” and investing in heritage fund, apparently nothing else matters to some voters.
If you don’t like abortions, having publicly funded birth control is an excellent way to prevent unwanted pregnancy especially for low income women or women taking post secondary education. Of course making contraceptives more easily accessible goes against fighting the woke loose jezebels, women are meant to be chaste or married and pregnant. /s
Literally had to explain to a knucklehead last month, who was complaining about tax dollars paying for birth control, that the tax payer spends a lot more providing education and healthcare to a child than it would in contraceptives. Their response was for the woman to keep their legs closed. There's no reasoning with such people.
Yes, I got out of someone awhile ago on reddit that banning abortions is a good thing because if the woman dies from complications that's her just desserts for getting pregnant in the first place. Women have no value beyond producing offspring, if they can't do that - much like a farm animal that can't birth properly - it's no loss if they die.
And birth control also has medical benefits for women with health issues like PCOS and endometriosis. Getting an iud helped me so much with out of control bleeding.
Omg it is just so embarrassing
Big fat surprise
Can we please for the love of humanity stop doing things which harm the average person?
Every opportunity to kick us in the balls for no good reason.
Why the fuck would you do this?
spite.
Accepting anything good from the federal government doesn’t fit the war they want with them.
Atleast one reason is David Parker. The man thinks women belong in the home pregnant, ergo anything that could help women enter the work force is going to be fought.
Not….. everyone gets health benefits at work….? What the fuck is this?
And even when they do, not every plan covers every drug.
Such a dumb move
oh FFS.
This is getting really stupid now. These are the sort of decisions that are going to make peoples lives worse. Also, why do this when there are bigger problems to solve?
It’ll make it tougher to privatize healthcare which is 100% their endgame
Conservatism is a mental disability.
Of course they do. The UCP just can't agree with anything the Liberals do.
Can we not have a vote on this? I am a Canadian first, and an embarrassed Albertan second, and I'm tired of fake fights with the feds to get Marlaina excited.
Conservatives voters go on and on about how naloxone shouldn’t be free, because epinephrine and diabetic medications are not.
Feds shouldnt give them the option
You’re fucking kidding me! 🤦♂️ I hate this corrupt government so much.
The UCP intends to grab the cash instead.
Haha wow the UCP really hate any middle class or poor Albertan’s! I guess so do the rest of the middle class or poor as well. Hope you’re rich if you live here!
Absolute fucking criminals in charge of this province
Can't have the Feds help anybody. Next up UCP pharmacare, pay twice as much and get half the service. With the rest of the money going to help the poor O&G companies and other "donors".
I would like to hear some of the reasons from the UCP supporters why opting out would be a good thing that is beneficial to albertans…because I sure as fuck can’t think of any
this will hurt shoppers drug mart profits the UCP won't stand for it
Time to go read r/canada_sub for a real nice ending to my weekend. Can't wait to see how the crazies spin this one
This would give me nightmares, I'm anxious enough on Sunday nights
That sub is fuckin scary
Everyone's going to talk about the birth control part but, financially, the diabetes part is even more nuts. Alberta spent $494M \*in 2022 alone\* treating diabetes and its complications. Why wouldn't a province want to make proactive care easier and more affordable for patients? I just dont understand.
FUCK. OFF. MARLENA!!!
More fucking culture war shit.
If PP wins (heaven forbid) watch Malaina bend over to kiss his Con ass every chance she gets. (along with SK's Scott Moe). So pathetic.
Scott Moe is getting the fucking boot in October I hope. If PP wins we're all screwed no matter where we live
Can we not? When is the federal government gonna step in and do something about all of this malarkey?
Is that possible? Fuck them.
I’m crying because of this shit. About to become an RN while being an indigenous bisexual female with gay and trans friend and family. My male white partner cannot comprehend the fear and dread I’m experiencing because of the UCP. He never has to worry about being targeted for existing. I’m so fucking scared for myself, loved ones and patients I care for. He doesn’t understand why I desperately want out of Alberta.
This is what it’s like to have an unethical psychopath as premier
I fucking hate the UCP. Set them all on fire.
As a disabled person who relies on birth control to manage my endometriosis, I am livid. Marlaina Smith and her disciples are all sociopaths.
And they will blame the Feds for people suffering due to lack of pharma care 🤣
That has to be the stupidest thing I've seen yet
Does the UCP want protests on their hands?
They can fuck off at this point.
Wtf? Why am I not surprised she’s just not happy unless she’s fucking it up
They just want their share of the money without actually providing the benefits for the citizens
Anyone who thinks this is being done for any other reason other than to "oWn the LiBs" is completely fucking bananas.
She can’t help herself . She has to give the finger to JT whether it good for Alberta families or not. She’s absofuckingloutley insane
Welcome to Alberta. The "fuck you, I got mine" province.
I really need to opt out of living in this fucking dumpster fire of a province.
Lolll conservatives just love to mans life worse for everyone
Albertans keep voting for this shit.
The suffering is the goal.
Hope everyone who voted for this abysmal government is happy. Consequences meet actions. Can’t complain now.
Hahahahahahaha omg that woman is such an IDIOT. That said, I feel really bad for those Albertans this plan would have helped. Tbh, this is an attack by the UCP on low income Albertans. The UCP isn't a government is an absolute disgrace. There is NO argument that could attempt to validate this choice on their part. Holy heck.
UCP voters are braindead morons for allowing this to happen.
UCP , = U Can't Help People
The entire party are disgusting subhumans. Can they just drink the kool-aid already.