Smith Brazenly Broke This Promise on Health Care

Smith Brazenly Broke This Promise on Health Care

‘No one should pay out of pocket to see a family doctor,’ she guaranteed. Albertans were suckered.

Let’s go back to the future Danielle Smith promised us: ‘No one should ever have to pay out of pocket to see a family doctor’

“Hi, I’m Danielle Smith, and I believe no one should ever have to pay out of pocket to see a family doctor.” So said Alberta’s premier in a 30-second pre-election video posted to the Internet on April 12, 2023. Kaycee Madu in 2020, when he was premier Jason Kenney’s justice minister (Photo: Alberta Government/Flickr). The video continued, with Ms. Smith explaining in her chirpy, personable, reassuring public voice: “That’s why United Conservati…