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Albertans can pay for MRIs and other tests without a doctor's referral, as of Friday (www.cbc.ca)
submitted 2 weeks ago by to c/canada@lemmy.ca
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[–] 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

This existed well before Friday. My doctor recommended I pay to get a quicker scan last year. I'm not sure of the exact details since I didn't do it.

I won't say I'm not tight with cash, which factored into the decision, but I also really hate this fall into private health care and don't want to support that. I was told it would be about $400 for a private MRI.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 weeks ago

    Yes, before you could pay to have a private imaging center do an MRI. But, you were required to have a referral from a doctor. The difference is that as of Friday the private clinics are no longer required to only give MRIs to people that have a referral from a doctor.

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