Category: Health Care Funding

Newsom Signs Bill to Provide Aid to Struggling California Hospitals

Gov. Gavin Newsom, alongside members of the California Legislature, signed the Distressed Hospital Loan Program bill into law on May 15, which will provide aid to struggling California hospitals. The $150 million program provides zero-interest loans to nonprofit or public hospitals experiencing extreme financial distress and will help struggling hospitals remain open or assist hospitals…


Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s First Budget Has $2.4 Billion Surplus, More Spending on Health Care, Education, Police

Alberta’s United Conservative government delivered the 2023 budget on Feb. 28, the last one before a scheduled May election, and it includes a $2.4 billion surplus by 2024, despite more spending across the board. The budget is balanced, with debt on the decline, according to Finance Minister Travis Toews. He said Albertans pay $20 billion…


Health-Care Funding Proposal Is Final, Minister Says

The country’s premiers will meet to discuss the federal government’s health-care funding proposals on Feb. 13, but the final amount is not up for negotiation, says Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc. “We’re not negotiating to buy a residential property here, where you make a counteroffer, and then make a counter counteroffer,” LeBlanc said during an…


Premiers Express Disappointment With Trudeau Pitch for Health Care Transfer Deal

After the first meeting between Canada’s provincial and territorial premiers and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in over two years, the premiers came away expressing disappointment in the federal government’s offer on health care transfers, and an intention to continue negotiations. In a meeting in Ottawa on Feb. 7, Trudeau offered to increase the federal share…


Premiers Demand Meeting With Trudeau to Discuss Increased Health-Care Funding

Canada’s premiers presented a united front Friday as they demanded Prime Minister Justin Trudeau come to the table personally to hammer out an agreement for Ottawa to shoulder more of the burden when it comes to health-care costs. Premiers also defended their refusal to accept conditions for additional federal funds, and pushed back on any…