# two tier (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover two tier. Page: Feed: --- ## [Alberta Seniors Deserve Better Care, Which Means AgeCare Workers Deserve Better Working Conditions](http://www.friendsofmedicare.org/agecare_working_conditions) _2026-08-18 · Alyssa Pretty · News - Friends of Medicare_ EDMONTON — Bargaining is ongoing at a number of AgeCare continuing care facilities in Alberta, where staff have not had a contract since 2022 . The union representing these workers, the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees, has issued a formal complaint over bargaining delays, and has reported the employer has offered meager wage increases of just 1% over four years. They also report that there… ## [How Nigel Farage Gets Put In the Bin](https://www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/how-nigel-farage-gets-put-in-the) _2026-08-15 · Adam Bienkov · Folded with Adam Bienkov_ The Clacton by-election result showed exactly how it's all going to end for the Reform UK leader ## [Paid Plasma Collection Pause is Good News for Albertans’ Safety; Time to Ban it Altogether](http://www.friendsofmedicare.org/paid_plasma_pause) _2026-08-14 · Alyssa Pretty · News - Friends of Medicare_ EDMONTON — Private, for-profit plasma collector Grifols has announced they are temporarily pausing blood plasma collection at all of its donation centres across Canada , including collection sites here in Alberta. This news came after months of public scrutiny on the company’s operations following the deaths of two individuals who sold their plasma at a Grifols site in Winnipeg. ## [Illegitimate Concerns: Andy Burnham's Non-Response to the Thetford Pogrom Is His First Big Failure](https://www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/illegitimate-concerns-andy-burnhams) _2026-08-08 · Adam Bienkov · Folded with Adam Bienkov_ Whilst happy to opine on 'vertical drinking' and whether bread rolls should be called 'barms', our new PM has had nothing to say about three days of horrific racist violence on our streets ## [Is This the End for Nigel Farage?](https://www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/is-this-the-end-for-nigel-farage) _2026-08-01 · Adam Bienkov · Folded with Adam Bienkov_ This week proved that the wheels are now finally falling off the Reform bus. Could Farage be about to fall off with them? ## [5 Reasons to be Hopeful About Andy Burnham](https://www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/5-reasons-to-be-hopeful-about-andy) _2026-07-26 · Adam Bienkov · Folded with Adam Bienkov_ Why even some of Andy Burnham's political opponents are now starting to look again at the Labour party under his leadership ## [Alberta Takes Another Step Towards Two-Tier Health Care with Orders in Council](http://www.friendsofmedicare.org/oic_step_towards_two_tier) _2026-07-24 · Alyssa Pretty · News - Friends of Medicare_ EDMONTON — This Wednesday, as Canada’s Premiers were meeting in Charlottetown for the Council of Federation, the Alberta government quietly issued Orders in Council which reclassified all preventive health testing services as non-insured extended health services, as well as other regulatory changes. ## [Joint statement: Canada’s health workforce united: investing in health care keeps Canada strong](http://www.friendsofmedicare.org/canadas_health_workforce_united) _2026-07-23 · Alyssa Pretty · News - Friends of Medicare_ Friends of Medicare is a signatory to the following joint statement from the Canadian Medical Association : As health advocates and clinicians on the frontlines, we know what is needed to improve health care access and build a stronger country and workforce. That’s why our organizations are calling on Canada’s premiers gathered in Charlottetown to invest in solutions that create a healthier… ## [Health coalitions call on premiers to protect public health care in the face of two-tier threat](http://www.friendsofmedicare.org/health_coalitions_call_on_premiers) _2026-07-22 · Alyssa Pretty · News - Friends of Medicare_ CHARLOTTETOWN — Public health care advocates rallying outside the premiers’ Council of the Federation meeting are demanding Canada’s premiers stop the spread of American-style, two-tier health care before it takes root nationwide. ## [The 'Sudden Death' of the Nigel Farage Project](https://www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-sudden-death-of-the-nigel-farage) _2026-07-18 · Adam Bienkov · Folded with Adam Bienkov_ All the signs are pointing towards a precipitous decline for Reform UK, but could Andy Burnham be about to offer them a lifeline? ## [Countdown to Getting Paid (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/aNlvwU0mg4TY) _2026-07-18 · **Sponsored**_ Create a shareable wallet timer — deposits buy back time and pay debt down ## [New Bill 11 Legal Opinion Prompts Renewed Calls for Federal Health Minister to Act](http://www.friendsofmedicare.org/bill11_renewed_calls_federal_action) _2026-07-14 · Alyssa Pretty · News - Friends of Medicare_ OTTAWA — Friends of Medicare’s executive director, Chris Gallaway, was on Parliament Hill in Ottawa this morning, joining the Canadian Health Coalition, Canadian Doctors for Medicare, Action Canada for Sexual Health and Rights and Goldblatt Partners LLC lawyer, Emma Phillips, for a press conference to release a brand new legal opinion on the recent Bill 11 regulations released by the Alberta… ## [The Nigel Farage Confidence Trick No Longer Works](https://www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-nigel-farage-confidence-trick) _2026-07-08 · Adam Bienkov · Folded with Adam Bienkov_ The Reform leader has spent his entire political career pretending to be something that he isn't. Now he's finally being found out ## [The Scandal That Will Bring Down Nigel Farage](https://www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-scandal-that-will-bring-down) _2026-07-04 · Adam Bienkov · Folded with Adam Bienkov_ The walls are closing in around the Reform leader and Farage's allies now believe he could soon be heading for the door ## [Andy Burnham’s Real Ed Miliband Test](https://www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/andy-burnhams-real-ed-miliband-test) _2026-06-27 · Adam Bienkov · Folded with Adam Bienkov_ Is the man set to become our next Prime Minister really prepared to stand up to the establishment forces now fighting to block his preferred choice of Chancellor? ## [TELUS Health Advertising $3000 MRIs to Albertans is the Latest Example of Shameless Two-Tier Profiteering](http://www.friendsofmedicare.org/3000_dollar_mris) _2026-06-26 · Alyssa Pretty · News - Friends of Medicare_ EDMONTON — With the recent passing of Bill 29 in the spring session permitting private-pay diagnostic services without referral, TELUS Health hasn’t wasted any time capitalizing on their chance to charge Albertans directly out-of-pocket for diagnostic testing. A promotional email sent on June 15 advertises “ Total Body MRIs Starting at $2995 ,” available at their TELUS Health SKY Clinic in… ## [Strong Public Health for Albertans Requires a Fair Transition for Inspectors](http://www.friendsofmedicare.org/strong_public_health) _2026-06-24 · Alyssa Pretty · News - Friends of Medicare_ EDMONTON — Earlier this month, Albertans learned that the provincial government would be transferring more than 400 Public Health Inspectors, Researchers, Health Promotion Facilitators and support staff out of Alberta Health Services, where they operate at arms length, into direct government employment. Inspectors and their colleagues are responsible for ensuring that spaces like child-care… ## [What the Pollsters and Pundits Got Wrong In Makerfield](https://www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/what-the-pollsters-and-pundits-got) _2026-06-19 · Adam Bienkov · Folded with Adam Bienkov_ Watch me talk with top pollster Peter Kellner about why the established press and polling companies completely missed the scale of Andy Burnham's huge victory against Reform [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/202703542/cf065d7ee01ccb16e7fdcb27efe4ff27.mp3) ## [Makerfield By-Election Result: Why the Party Could Soon Be Over for Nigel Farage](https://www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/makerfield-by-election-result-why) _2026-06-19 · Adam Bienkov · Folded with Adam Bienkov_ Farage's refusal to learn any lessons from voters' repeated rejection of his 'politics of rage' shows why his time at the top could soon come to an end ## [Government Continues to Prioritize Profits Over Care with Bill 11 Surgical Regulations](http://www.friendsofmedicare.org/bill11_surgical_regulations) _2026-06-18 · Alyssa Pretty · News - Friends of Medicare_ EDMONTON — This morning, Minister Adriana LaGrange announced regulations to Bill 11: Health Statutes Amendment Act 2025 (No.2) , passed last December. This sweeping, 300-page legislation established an unprecedented model of two-tiered health care access in Alberta by allowing physicians to work in both the public and private systems concurrently, including charging patients out of pocket. No… ## [PixelRift — Platforming with Level Editor (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/qB4LG5PsmRSA) _2026-06-18 · **Sponsored**_ Includes a built-in level editor, campaign with elemental heroes, and boss encounters. ## [Government Continues to Push Forward Surgical Privatization and Voucher Model](http://www.friendsofmedicare.org/surgical_vouchers) _2026-06-01 · Alyssa Pretty · News - Friends of Medicare_ EDMONTON — This afternoon, Premier Danielle Smith and Minister of Hospital and Surgical Health Services, Adriana LaGrange announced that the first phase of an Activity-Based Funding (ABF) model for “high-volume” surgeries has now been implemented in 12 Alberta hospitals .