Medical Services (Alberta) Incorporated (MSI) was a prepaid medicare plan in the

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province of

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prior to the advent of Canadian medicare. Membership in the plan was optional, and it did not provide coverage for all Albertans. The plan was established by the

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in 1948, and it offered medical, surgical and obstetrical services to subscribers.Carolee Pollock and Matthew Eisler, ""A Catalyst, not a Crutch:" The MSI Foundation and the Development of Medical and Health Research in Alberta, 1970-2006", MSI Foundation, accessed 28 August 2009. It was superseded by the national medicare program in 1969.

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Medical and health organizations based in Alberta {{Alberta-stub