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10.1 First Do No Harm: The Hippocratic Oath of "first do no harm" would be implemented as a cornerstone of ASCP Health Care Policy. The practice of this oath by graduate medical classes would be encouraged.
10.2 Coverage of Preventive Health Choices: To reduce
the future long-term costs of illness, the preventative and
wellness component of health would be emphasized. Therefore,
an Alberta Social Credit Government would provide Albertans
with a choice for alternative medicine covered by health care.
10.3 Health Food Supplements: The Alberta Social Credit
Government will provide that funding of prescription drugs
for illnesses is extended for health food supplements and
alternative therapies where a recognized health care provider
properly accredits that alternative therapy.
10.4 Abortion:
10.4.1 Defunding: The Alberta Social Credit Government would eliminate the funding and use of abortion as a birth control method.
10.4.2 Alternatives: The Alberta Social Credit Government will promote positive alternatives to the practice of abortion that are within provincial jurisdiction. Support for the Divinely given sanctity of innocent human life at all stages will be given priority in all proposed legislation and practices.10.4.3. Counselling: A Social Credit Government would develop and implement a counselling program that would strive to convince women with unwanted pregnancies to carry the child to full term.
10.5 Public Hospitals: The Alberta Social Credit Party opposes the privatization of Alberta hospitals.
10.6 Coverage of Emergency Ambulance Service: The
Alberta Social Credit Government will include Emergency Ambulance
Services in Alberta Healthcare.
10.7 Dental Care For School Children: The Alberta Social
Credit Government will include basic dental care for children
to the end of high school or until the voluntary early termination
of their education program.
10.8 Triple A Health Care: The Alberta Social Credit Government
would implement the "Triple A" Health Care System,
accessible, accountable and affordable:
10.8.1 Accessible: Health services would be delivered on the basis of patients' needs.
10.8.2 Accountable: Health care services must be accountable to the communities where they are delivered.FACILITIES: Hospitals/health care centers should be publicly owned (or non-profit) and community operated by elected boards.
SERVICES: We support the policy that all patients must sign a statement when health care services have been received. Statements would be issued to Albertans itemizing cost of services charged to health care.
Alberta Health would be required to move to full disclosure of administrative costs for the health system. Reports would be made public on an annual basis.10.8.3 Affordable: Health care can be more affordable. The Alberta Social Credit Government would reduce unnecessary bureaucracy (regional health authorities) and move to patient-based budgeting. Historically, hospitals were funded based on what they did and not on what they demanded.
The Alberta Social Credit Government would move toward a health savings plan to encourage responsible health care.
10.9 Health Care Premiums: The Alberta Social Credit Government would eliminate health care premiums for all Albertans.
10.10 Long-Term Health Care Plan: A Social Credit Government will develop a plan to reduce waiting times and increase service levels comparable to the best health care systems in the world. This plan will include a determination of the hospital and other medical facilities needed to provide this service over the next ten years and provide for the building of additional public facilities to meet this demand. Likewise, the number of doctors and other medical personnel to provide this service over the next ten years will be determined and the necessary number of seats in the medical faculties and internship programs will be provided to meet this demand.
10.11 Rural Medical Placement Program: The Alberta Social Credit Government would implement a program where the provincial government pays the cost of a year of post secondary education leading towards doctors and other medical designated personnel at an Alberta University in return for a year of employment at a medical facility of the government's choosing after graduation. (For example: in return for covering the costs of eight years of medical school, the graduate signs a contract to work where directed for eight years. The government then chooses a rural hospital where there are staff shortages.)
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