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The Alberta government is moving one step closer to doing away with its oft-criticized paper health cards.
Currently, Albertans are given paper slips with their Alberta Health Care insurance plan number, as well as personal information.
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However, a line in the 2021 budget document sets aside $600,000 for “registry system modernization,” which it says would add personal health numbers to driver’s licences and identification cards.
Tricia Velthuizen, press secretary to Service Alberta Minister Nate Glubish, confirmed in an email that modernizing health cards was an election promise that the United Conservative government intends to keep.