In Tuesday’s Budget, Alberta's health system was poured with mass combination of cash. the budget is expected to wrap the $1.3-billion accumulated deficit of the new health superboard, and probably will be able to eradicate any estimated shortfalls.

Alberta Health Services received a 17-per-cent increase to its operating budget this year as it collected cost savings originated through cuts to 14 other government departments. This percentage is more than double than what the health authorities gave it last year. A five-year funding plan is being initiated by this budget as it aims to provide expected operating increases for the Alberta Health Services.

Finance Minister Ted Morton said, "Albertans have told us consistently that public health care is their highest priority, and it's clearly the No. 1 priority of this budget. If you really look at all the new spending, it's all into health care. That's what Albertans want”.

This year's total operating budget for Alberta Health Services is $9 billion with $812 million additional to the original 2009-10 $7.7-billion operating budget and $512 million in additional cash for 2010-11.

Boss of Alberta's health superboard, Stephen Duckett said, “I’ll able to minimize layoffs and dramatically reduce the backlog for elective procedures. I’ve already asked our staff and physicians to look at ways in which we might immediately reduce dramatically the backlog for elective procedures and will release further details next week”.