Having two separate negotiations underscores that B.C. doctors’ bargaining association does not want to redistribute the resources they get from government
, saying his plan would ensure “British Columbians get the health care they need faster and closer to home.”In May, the head of Doctors of BC met with Mr. Horgan and Health Minister Adrian Dix to discuss the challenge.
Mr. Dix said the fee-for-service plan doesn’t work for a new generation of family doctors, and the province wants to move away from that compensation model, which was created in the 1960s as a condition of doctors joining Canada’s first universal health insurance plan. He said the exodus of family doctors from the traditional, relationship-based practice reflects a growing disenchantment with the current system.Fundamentally, I think the options have to be better because the younger doctors don’t want to run the business.”
She noted the crisis is not a shortage issue but a distribution issue. “The bottom line is we need to change how family doctors are paid in order to make being a family doctor in the community a financially sustainable career choice,” Dr. Spencer said.
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