In the first year of a majority government all parties will make cuts, institute new taxes, generally make enemies with supporters and opponents. The Liberals are just like the other parties. Theyre counting on everyone forgetting by 2018. Looks like the first to be cut will be physicians. Now that talks have fallen apart, the government is imposing a suite of 10 changes to how physicians in Ontario are paid, effective Feb. 1. On top of the 2.65-per-cent cut to all Ontario Health Insurance Plan fees, the government is eliminating funding for doctors to take continuing medical education courses; reducing the fee for walk-in clinic visits by $1.70 to bring it in line with the fee paid for visits to a patients’ regular family doctor; eliminating a premium for doctors to accept new patients who are healthy; and limiting the number of family doctors in well-serviced areas who can join family health teams where doctors are paid by the number of patients they enroll in their practices, not on a fee-for-service basis.
Posted on: Sat, 17 Jan 2015 03:09:06 +0000
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