Excuse me @shandro. Just wondering why Okotoks, Banff, Canmore, Olds, Black Diamond, Bragg Creek, Camrose, Carstairs, Cremona, Crossfield, Hay Lakes, High River, Mundare, Nanton, Raymond, Penhold and dozens of other communities are no longer considered rural??? #abpoli #AbLeg

What is your definition of rural? These are all communities of a few thousand people, where family doctors provide most if not all medical services.

From Med bulletin 227: Rural physicians are defined as those who practice and reside in communities eligible for the RRNP. The list of eligible communities is found in the RRNP community rate table attached at the end of the bulletin.

Flip to the tables at the end. Banff and Canmore no longer considered rural???

Source: https://open.alberta.ca/dataset/58a224a2-0fed-4b1e-b8d5-9f6cf70450c6/resource/e5222b53-7bf4-46e6-88f1-fe23d1787f66/download/health-ahcip-bulletin-med-227-changes-medical-benefits-rrnp-medical-liability-reimbursement.pdf

For comparison, here's the table from 2018.

Source: https://open.alberta.ca/dataset/1c8cdb96-11ef-4be9-96d7-42c579a9be5c/resource/df3c2372-0efc-43f3-aa6e-de5ee88bb98d/download/health-rrnp-community-rate-table-2018.pdf