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.
Smith referenced a letter she crafted for the University of Calgary’s School of Public Policy in June 2021. Smith floated the idea of having general checkups with family doctors covered by a health spending account. “If you do have a major surgery in a year, then you pay a portion of the cost in a deductible just like you would if you had a claim in your car insurance or claim in your health insurance. It would connect people to the fact that health care is not free.”
“Health spending accounts are a bonus for Albertans to pay for services not covered by AHS. Rachel Notley knows this, but she doesn’t care about the truth. She’d rather spin than give real feedback on how to improve our current system.”“To be clear, Danielle Smith has a strong and long record of changing her mind, if you want to put it that way,” said Notley.
“This will make health care more comprehensive and more accessible to Albertans,” said Rebecca Polak, Smith’s press secretary, in a statement.Smith also tweeted answers to Notley’s comments, from a campaign video this summer.In the July 2022 video, Smith also floated the idea of an app, where medical professionals register with their credentials and services they offer.
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