By The Canadian Press

Alberta doctors send letter asking government to delay health-care restructuring

Mar 30, 2020 | 9:18 AM

EDMONTON – Hundreds of Alberta doctors have signed an open letter asking the provincial government to delay its proposed health-care restructuring.

The changes, which are to take effect Wednesday, include cancelling a master agreement with the Alberta Medical Association.

The association has said that will mean the province can raise or lower billing fees without consultation.

Doctors say in the letter that the changes will have a detrimental effect on patients and health care as the COVID-19 pandemic grows.

They say they will require resources to deal with the public health crisis.

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The government’s “harmful actions” will destabilize an already stressed health-care system, the doctors add.