Alberta Health Insurance

What does the Alberta Health Plan not cover?

AHCIP is a publicly funded healthcare plan that provides coverage for eligible Alberta residents and citizens for insured hospital and physician services, provided they are carried out within the province. However, some services are not covered by AHCIP, such as:

Optometric services not covered by the provincial health plan

AHCIP provides coverage for some optometry services but it does not cover all optometry services. Optometry services obtained outside Alberta are not covered. AHCIP covers optometry costs if the service is needed due to some medical conditions.

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Alberta Health Issues

The Alberta government is set out to address substance abuse; it already mapped out $63 million in the 2018 budget to address the opioid crisis.

The government has hired navigators with a support of $400,000 grant in Lethbridge, Edmonton, Calgary, and Grande Prairie. Staff at Friendship Centers in 21 communities across the province will receive workshops, training sessions on naloxone, as well as educational materials.

The Friendship Center will also be assisted by healthcare providers, elders and people living in the community for an appropriate and traditional approach to help victims of substance use.

Alberta Health Insurance News

The Alberta government is set out to address substance abuse; it already mapped out $63 million in the 2018 budget to address the opioid crisis.

The government has hired navigators with a support of $400,000 grant in Lethbridge, Edmonton, Calgary, and Grande Prairie. Staff at Friendship Centers in 21 communities across the province will receive workshops, training sessions on naloxone, as well as educational materials.

The Friendship Center will also be assisted by health insurance providers, elders and people living in the community for an appropriate and traditional approach to help victims of substance use.

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Alberta Health Statistics

Millions of Albertans are covered by the AHCIP every year. A total of 4,529,842 Albertans were covered in the years 2016/2017 respectively. This includes 3,934,785 non-seniors and 595,057 seniors. In the year under survey, the Alberta government paid a total of $3,628,436,282. This corresponds to $3,531,947,298 paid to physicians and $96,488,983 paid to Allied Health practitioners.