Shepherd said the NDP is also in favour of establishing more day surgeries in Alberta to help alleviate some of that surgical backlog, but sees no reason why the UCP should be giving public dollars to subsidize private corporations to do those surgeries.
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Alberta is moving forward with a plan to double the number of surgeries completed in private clinics, but don t expect that to reduce wait times or costs in the long term, a health policy expert warns.