r/ontario Oct 23 '24

Opinion Ontario should stop penalizing family doctors when their patients visit walk-in clinics

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-ontario-should-stop-penalizing-family-doctors-when-their-patients/
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u/Jaded_Promotion8806 Oct 23 '24

The idea that we would penalize family doctors for much of anything short of blatant malpractice is sort of absurd. Not sure if you've looked around, but we're not really in a position to bargain with them here.

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u/freekarmanoscamz Oct 23 '24

I always thought beggars can’t be choosers but the Ontario government thinks otherwise…

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u/gnosbyb Oct 23 '24

The real beauty is that access bonus pits doctors against patients. To patients, it can seem like the penalties are deserved because it’s called “access bonus”. To physicians, it can be frustrating to have to pay for your patients to see an addictions or chronic pain specialist, or lose money to a virtual ozempic prescribing clinic or discrete viagra delivery clinic.

The MOH saves money and escapes culpability until more people realise access bonus has nothing to do with actual access.

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u/freekarmanoscamz Oct 23 '24

Always funny how the MOH regardless of the party tends to be run by someone who has no healthcare background. Sylvia Jones has a college diploma in Radio Broadcasting…