Alberta raises some business cost, liability supports to keep community clinics open

Alberta is reinstating several programs and increasing supports family doctors and other medical specialists receive to help cover operating expenses for their office-based practices. Building off previous announcements after the new Alberta Medical Association (AMA) agreement with the province was passed this fall, Health Minister Jason Copping revealed further support increases Thursday. "Too often we hear about doctors having to leave their communities and move to a larger centre just to