Quebec's health minister is threatening to impose a fee agreement on the province's specialists, who have been negotiating for a new deal with the government.
The fact that governments such as Alberta throw away millions on alternate-level-of-care (ALC) patients and do patients a disservice is a travesty, says an emergency medicine physician.
Physicians at the Canadian Medical Association’s annual general council unanimously lashed governments who use legislative measures to renege on freely and previously signed fee deals.
