Here's How the Health Care System Was Deliberately Underfunded in 2021-22 (Part 3 of 3)

The narrative around health care in our province has been falsely and deliberately crafted by the Saskatchewan government and it's absolutely disturbing

Dear free subscribers - today’s has one, but I’ve removed the paywall from Part 1 here and Part 2 of this series on pandemic health care funding here.

It’s a lot of reading but it was a lot of research, so dig in. You’ll note, however, that some of the links in the first two pieces are broken, as the Saskatchewan Health Authority has seemingly removed the web pages and previous annual reports from their website.

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Figure 1. SHA 2021-22 Annual Report

Do I need to say more?

I will, but come on.

In the fiscal year of 2020-2021, every second of which was full-blown pandemic health care mayhem, the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) managed to not spend $200-million dollars.

In 2021-22, arguably no better than the year before for COVID-19 and with the rollout of a province-wide vaccination program, the SHA still managed an operating surplus of $41.5-million.

If you’re thinking this makes absolutely no sense at all yet is also exactly what it looks like, congratulations, you get a gold star.

This is the third in a three part series detailing how the Sask Party government held back a significant portion - at least a third but likely more - of the federal dollars it was provided by the Canadian government to cover pandemic expenses.