In Ontario, if your GP is on a Health Team, did you know, they get paid for each patient on their patient roster whether they see you or not annually. The old system was ‘fee for service’. The docs had to work hard to make their money. Now, they are paid for you even if you never go during a whole year to see them

I saw this on a comment in a reply to an article at Epoch Times…The Article is about the Provinces accepting the federal Govt’s terms to accept federal Funds for Health Care….THIS IS BIG NEWS TO ME !

Anybody else heard of this or can confirm ?

I suspect it is true !!!

First of all when my Dr retired recently he and his partners sold to a Corporation which manages the Practice now…ie The doctors work for the Corporation which manages the practice and pays them etc. I thought that was interesting. Then when I was assigned a New Doctor I had to “register” even though i was already a patient of the clinic for 40 years…they asked a lot of questions and I had to commit to being a patient or some similar wording.

NOW I NEVER get a call for a yearly Physical…never get a call at all….They used to want to see me regularly …when it was fee for service…NOW…nada…radio silence…Now i get it…they get paid no matter if i am seen or not apparently

Also MOST appointments I have made for my wife have been on the phone …not in person. They will see you in person if you request but it’s obvious they prefer diagnosing you on the phone…no more messy finger up your ass shit !

The whole Social healthcare system up here is Screwed up …Hospital wait times etc…

BUT this is shocking if true…they get paid by the head…not by the service…HA !

Of course the Agreement between the Provinces and the feds is said to include the NEED for Digital medical ID…and that has many commenters pissed.

We NEED to develop a parallel medical system outside of govt…just like we need a parallel financial system and schools system and and and

Meanwhile all we can do is try to maintain our immune systems with all the things we have learned the last few years and minimize out encounters with the govt controlled Medical System.

I lke the new Doc actually and I believe most of them mean well but this is NOt in their hands anymore they are just employees now …and just draw a wage apparently ( not a commission as before )

ha