#194 TURN Politics: New Pay Model, Better Access to Family Doctors

“Well the primary goal for Alberta is to working with the Alberta Medical Association to really make sure that first of all we keep the great doctors that we have here, the great family physicians and real generalists that we have, and also to  make sure we are an attractive place for other doctors because we are a growing province that we need more physicians. We want to make sure we are competitive, paying competitive wages so that others from other places see
us as an attractive place to come and practice.”- Minister LaGrange


Minister LaGrange is a Canadian politician serving as the Minister of Health for Alberta since June 9, 2023. She was first elected to the Alberta Legislature in 2019 as the Member of the Legislative Assembly for Red Deer-North and was re-elected in 2023. LaGrange served as the Minister of Education before her position now.

At the beginning of their sit down, LaGrange and Sapreet talk about the primary goal for Alberta when talking about the compensation model (1:00), discuss the possibility of attracting and recruiting physicians from other countries (1:50), how the new compensation model benefits family physicians practicing in Alberta (3:24), How the new compensation model supports family physicians in rural areas and those providing inpatient care in hospitals (5:18), and finally discuss how this model is going to be working and what we can expect in the spring of 2025 (7:44)

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