Increasing clawbacks and uncertainty are affecting my ability to plan financially for the future of my practice in Anesthesia and my family's future. The derogatory comments in the media about physicians needs to be contested and the public needs to be informed about how this will impact the ability to provide safe, efficient, timely care.
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Melissa Yuan-Innes
10 years ago
Extremely concerned for both patient and physician health.
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Sarah Johnston
10 years ago
Getting fed up in an already extremely under-serviced community
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David Goulet
10 years ago
It's time for action, talking didn't work.
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Dr. Vandana Parnandi
10 years ago
the unilateral action by the government and lack of tranparency is truly concerning. Doctors will start to move out of Ontario and the true victims will be patients.
There are more creative ways to save money from health care
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Arnold Lurie
10 years ago
the clawbacks are destructive.
Brings back the nightmares of the Rae debacle.
Local docs are all quite despondent
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Anonymous
10 years ago
I disagree to these cuts
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Brendan McCormick
10 years ago
This is an existential moment for the OMA. Failure to react strongly through job action, legal challenges, or both will ultimately result in the dismantling of the OMA. It is just a matter of time before physicians stop paying their dues and legally challenge the Rand Formula obligations.
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david hughes glass
10 years ago
The system doesn't need more money. It needs improved efficiency and accountability, now. Across the board clawbacks penalize everyone, including those who work and don't exploit the system. At present, too many are being paid not to work while practices are carried in the ER's. We could save millions if we stopped paying those who see patients 2 days a week the same as those who see them 5 days a week. Contracts do not specify any reasonable minimum service requirement for in office or after hours care.
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Frank Beninger
10 years ago
I work in an underservice rural area. My practice is primarily skin cancer. As there is inadequate time in the hospital, 95% of operative procedures are done in my office. This is at my cost as OHIP does not remunerate any funds to cover trays, sutures, instruments, sterilization, overhead, or staff as would be done if the procedure was done in the hospital. Without such a service, many patients would be denied treatment for prolonged periods of time potentially putting their health and lives at risk. On top of this, now the government wants to claw back funds. I will be forced to cut treatment to patients and they will invariably suffer. I am presently in the process of relocating out of the country. The liberals can benefit greatly by my leaving. Health care spending will be decreased. Patients will die. The government will be saving on two fronts.
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Scott Milencoff
10 years ago
Another option would be that once the hardcap is reached, NO elective or scheduled care is provided as it "isn't paid for by the Ontario Government". No interuption in emergency care howver
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Anonymous
10 years ago
I feel as though I am being robbed of my liberties as a professional by the government cuts. Not only does the government wish to not increase my pay to keep pace with inflation, rent increases, and employee salary rises, but they are actually decreasing my payments. Furthermore, it is illegal for my colleagues and I to strike to show our protest to the situation. All this at time when government MP's and MPP's are giving themselves wage increases and don't pay income tax. I'm not a lawyer but I would encourage the OMA to focus resources on mounting a challenge to the hard cap on health care services - this would imply that we would be working for free once the hard cap was reached, and for a contract (note, we are independent contractors) to exist, there has to be consideration paid between the two agreeable parties. The OMA needs to be pursuing every available avenue. I agree that doctors are paid well and this is unlikely to garner sympathy from the general public, but I know of nobody else that makes the personal sacrifices that I make for my job.
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Patricia M. Parsons
10 years ago
my father was a member of the OMA negotiating team for years and always taught me what a great team we had fighting for us. Now that I am in the profession I strongly disagree and I am totally disappointed. OMA you need to do better or what is the point of your representation at all?
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Jim Blakslee
10 years ago
OMA needs to focus all energy now on confronting the current Gov't measures as they will only escallate and it will be too late come next March at the end of Q4. This will be a significant battle and the membership needs to face up to this reality and show conviction and involvement in a unified cause for fair treatment.
Increasing clawbacks and uncertainty are affecting my ability to plan financially for the future of my practice in Anesthesia and my family's future. The derogatory comments in the media about physicians needs to be contested and the public needs to be informed about how this will impact the ability to provide safe, efficient, timely care.
Extremely concerned for both patient and physician health.
Getting fed up in an already extremely under-serviced community
It's time for action, talking didn't work.
the unilateral action by the government and lack of tranparency is truly concerning. Doctors will start to move out of Ontario and the true victims will be patients.
agreed!!
Lets all leave Ontario.
Please send any questions you may have to me at: [email protected]
Keep up the good work.
Too many cuts!
There are more creative ways to save money from health care
the clawbacks are destructive. Brings back the nightmares of the Rae debacle. Local docs are all quite despondent
I disagree to these cuts
This is an existential moment for the OMA. Failure to react strongly through job action, legal challenges, or both will ultimately result in the dismantling of the OMA. It is just a matter of time before physicians stop paying their dues and legally challenge the Rand Formula obligations.
The system doesn't need more money. It needs improved efficiency and accountability, now. Across the board clawbacks penalize everyone, including those who work and don't exploit the system. At present, too many are being paid not to work while practices are carried in the ER's. We could save millions if we stopped paying those who see patients 2 days a week the same as those who see them 5 days a week. Contracts do not specify any reasonable minimum service requirement for in office or after hours care.
I work in an underservice rural area. My practice is primarily skin cancer. As there is inadequate time in the hospital, 95% of operative procedures are done in my office. This is at my cost as OHIP does not remunerate any funds to cover trays, sutures, instruments, sterilization, overhead, or staff as would be done if the procedure was done in the hospital. Without such a service, many patients would be denied treatment for prolonged periods of time potentially putting their health and lives at risk. On top of this, now the government wants to claw back funds. I will be forced to cut treatment to patients and they will invariably suffer. I am presently in the process of relocating out of the country. The liberals can benefit greatly by my leaving. Health care spending will be decreased. Patients will die. The government will be saving on two fronts.
Another option would be that once the hardcap is reached, NO elective or scheduled care is provided as it "isn't paid for by the Ontario Government". No interuption in emergency care howver
I feel as though I am being robbed of my liberties as a professional by the government cuts. Not only does the government wish to not increase my pay to keep pace with inflation, rent increases, and employee salary rises, but they are actually decreasing my payments. Furthermore, it is illegal for my colleagues and I to strike to show our protest to the situation. All this at time when government MP's and MPP's are giving themselves wage increases and don't pay income tax. I'm not a lawyer but I would encourage the OMA to focus resources on mounting a challenge to the hard cap on health care services - this would imply that we would be working for free once the hard cap was reached, and for a contract (note, we are independent contractors) to exist, there has to be consideration paid between the two agreeable parties. The OMA needs to be pursuing every available avenue. I agree that doctors are paid well and this is unlikely to garner sympathy from the general public, but I know of nobody else that makes the personal sacrifices that I make for my job.
my father was a member of the OMA negotiating team for years and always taught me what a great team we had fighting for us. Now that I am in the profession I strongly disagree and I am totally disappointed. OMA you need to do better or what is the point of your representation at all?
OMA needs to focus all energy now on confronting the current Gov't measures as they will only escallate and it will be too late come next March at the end of Q4. This will be a significant battle and the membership needs to face up to this reality and show conviction and involvement in a unified cause for fair treatment.