Rationed care anyone - Medicare for All is YOUR plan - ... Posted: Sep 20th, 2017 - 5:16 pm In Reply to: Yeah, here's the great Canadian health care plan - Wait so long you die, just like the UK
TORONTO — A group of doctors accuses the Ontario Medical Association of “complete surrender” in its negotiations with the government on a new fee agreement, and warns the deal will have a devastating impact on patient care.
The advocacy group “Concerned Ontario Doctors,” which says it represents thousands of physicians, is worried the deal the OMA signed July 11 will lead to longer waiting lists while more operating rooms sit idle.
Dr. David Jacobs, a radiologist and chair of diagnostic imaging for the OMA, says the association’s council wanted binding arbitration to settle what he calls the “war” between doctors and the Liberal government.
With the wording of this contract, physicians are essentially being forced to ration patient care, and that’s not something that we’re willing to do.
But Jacobs claims OMA negotiators dropped the arbitration demand in backroom talks in order to reach a deal with the Ministry of Health and he says it will send wait times for surgeries and diagnostic procedures “through the roof.”
Dr. Kulvinder Gill, an immunologist, is urging doctors to reject the tentative four-year deal, which would will increase the $11.5-billion physician services budget by 2.5 per cent a year, to $12.9 billion by 2020.
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