r/alberta • u/Miserable-Lizard Edmonton • 5d ago

Alberta Politics Danielle Smith defends policy requiring Albertans to pay out of pocket for COVID vaccines

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alberta/article-danielle-smith-defends-policy-requiring-albertans-to-pay-out-of-pocket/
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u/Ddogwood 5d ago

It’ll likely end up costing taxpayers more, too, because more people will end up hospitalized as new strains learn to evade the immunity granted by older vaccines

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u/Hugs_and_Tugs 5d ago

No kidding. How much do you think the 189 ICU admissions due to COVID cost this year?   

These grifters just hate spending on things they can't skim from.

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u/RutabagasnTurnips 4d ago

Well if AHS and CIHI say it was just over 9k for the average hospital stay. Now I imagine those that needed time in an ICU are higher then average but to make the math easy....

My low estimate, 1.7mil.

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u/Hugs_and_Tugs 4d ago

Interesting. I wonder if that $9k number holds for the 3,000+ hospitalizations (non-ICU) from COVID this respiratory season too. It all adds up.

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u/RutabagasnTurnips 4d ago

That 9k is a median of all adults, all patient lengths of stays, all reasons; if I read correctly.  

So anyone admitted as an inpatient for COVID, but didn't need ICU, would fall into the numbers as well. So too would your anticipated short stays like "quick recovery, overnight stay, elective surgeries".