The True Post(Web News)A new AMA Report Card on the State of Health Care in Alberta the first of its kind has sounded alarmbells over significant strains in the province’s health care delivery. Drawing from a public opinion survey and input from Saskatchewan-based PatientsFirst.ca, only 54% of Albertans with a family doctor say they are able to get timely appointments, with just 40% receiving same- or next-day care, marking a concerning five-year decline. In acute care, 44% saw a specialist last year, yet 42% rated the wait times as “poor”, and a troubling 19% remain on specialist waitlists
Emergency department pressure is rising: 27% of residents visited an ER last year, many part of the one-in-five visits considered non-urgent, and 18% left without being seen—more than double the national average of 8.6%
. Meanwhile, Canada’s broader health care infrastructure is buckling under capacity constraints. Long-standing issues such as overcrowded emergency departments, limited primary-care access, and chronic workforce shortfalls have been flagged by Health Minister Mark Holland, prompting a historic $200 billion federal commitment to alleviate the crisis
