Health Minister Christian Dubé condemns the “total refusal” of the two medical associations to discuss the remuneration model under Bill 106, which aims, among other things, to link up to 25 per cent of family doctors’ remuneration to performance indicators.
At a press conference Tuesday morning in Montreal, Dubé sought to set the record straight on what is being asked of doctors under Bill 106. He gave several positive examples of the changes the legislation would bring, emphasizing that its goal is to offer more appointments to patients.
Dubé stated that the two medical federations—the Fédération des médecins spécialistes du Québec (FMSQ) and the Fédération des médecins omnipraticiens du Québec (FMOQ)—have refused to submit formal counterproposals as part of the negotiations to renew their respective framework agreements. The government submitted its proposal in March, Dubé recalled.
He said that negotiations did not progress as he would have liked over the summer, pointing the finger at the FMOQ, which has not been at the table since the end of July, according to Dubé.
Last week, the FMOQ once again urged the CAQ to abandon Bill 106. In an open letter, FMOQ President and CEO Dr. Marc-André Amyot once again denounced the government’s attempt to force doctors to practice “fast food medicine” by linking the performance of general practitioners “not to the quality and relevance of consultations, but solely to volume.”
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–This report by La Presse Canadienne was translated by CityNews
