Premier under fire for health savings account comments, calls it 'spin'

Premier Danielle Smith is being taken to task over comments she made outside political life, on video and in a paper for the University of Calgary last year, proposing a health savings account. On July 17, 2022, Smith pitched in a video livestream on her member-funded Locals.com account the creation of a health savings account for all Albertans, with $375 of government money that could be topped up by employer contributions and family donations. “We recognize that health care spending is g