Facts and statistics
Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan
AHCIP insured services
Under the Canada Health Act, Alberta residents receive full coverage for medically necessary physician and hospital services, and specific oral surgical services. The Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan provides additional benefits and services to the services required under the Canada Health Act.
Funding the health system
- Funding for Health and Wellness is budgeted at $16 billion, an increase of nearly $1.2 billion or 7.9% from 2011–2012.
- Every hour, we will spend $1.8 million – about $44 million per day – to maintain and improve Alberta’s health care system.
- Read more health funding facts
Health data
The Interactive Health Data Applications (IHDA) provide information on health status and determinants of health in both tabular data format and interactive geographic map interfaces.
Health professionals
Physicans
- For more statistics on Alberta physician resources go to College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta
- For physician statistics in Canada visit the Canadian Medical Association
Health care and social assistance industry
Alberta Blue Cross non-group plans
Benefits under Alberta Blue Cross
- Alberta Health and Wellness funded non-group drug plans are administered by Alberta Blue Cross.
- All Albertans have access to prescription drug benefits through the Alberta government sponsored drug program.
- These plans provide access to prescription drugs and provide up to $25,000 in coverage per subscriber in each benefit year.
- There are more than 4,000 drugs on the Alberta Health and Wellness drug benefit list.
Blue Cross Non-Group premiums
Non-Group premium rates
- Albertans under the age of 65 must pay monthly premiums to receive Non-Group coverage.
- If an individual qualifies for premium subsidy, their Non-Group premiums are billed at the subsidized rate.
Family rates (two or more people)
- Full premiums $118.00 per month
- Subsidized premiums $82.60 per month
Single rates
- Full premiums $63.50.00 per month
- Subsidized premiums $44.45 per month
DId you know...
- An overnight or in-patient stay refers to a surgical service that requires more than 12 hours of medically supervised post-operative care.
- Insured surgical services are medically necessary procedures which are paid for by the Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan.
- Under the Canada Health Act, uninsured surgical services include elective procedures that are not medically required, such as cosmetic surgery, and procedures paid by the Workers’ Compensation Board, RCMP, Armed Forces, other provinces, the federal government, and out-of-country residents.
- Private surgical facilities may offer only the limited services approved by the College of Physicians and Surgeons.
- The Health Care Protection Act expressly prohibits private hospitals in Alberta.
