The never-ending saga of medical user fees in Quebec

Not only is patient access to medically needed services in the balance here, but in the long run, the government could in fact end up pushing ever more physicians and patients toward a parallel private system if it fails to demonstrate a strong commitment to quality public care.

The message must have gotten through, because federal Health Minister Jane Philpott then threatened Quebec with retroactive claw backs to the Canada Health Transfer if it failed to abolish user fees, estimated to range between $50-million to $83-million annually.The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Opinion

BY AMéLIE QUESNEL-VALLéE

March 6, 2017

On Jan. 26, the Quebec regulation abolishing medical user fees came into effect, bringing the province in line with federal legislation outlined in the Canada Health Act (CHA). According to the CHA, the money that flows from Ottawa to the provinces for health services, known as the Canada Health Tra...

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