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Catalin Taraboanta, MD. MSc. FRCPC. @SoniaFurstenau Adrian Dix It certainly wasn't my impression in Australia. And surveys show that Australians are very happy with their system. But there is much fear in Canada to end up like the US. Sweden/Norway have all user fees. In Europe care is much more accessible than here.

In case it's not obvious, I find the govt's latest announcement about opening a dozen new "First Nation Primary Care Centres" absolutely disgusting. It's not because we're doing a good job providing care to First Nations people, many of whom do have unique needs and challenges

BC Family Doctors I'm glad you said "first" step but I question "huge." Are you okay that primary care at UPCCs costs several times what indie family docs get? That OVERHEAD at UPCCs by pt. volume can be as much or more than most family docs bill in total? And they have less responsibility?

While BC Family Doctors, Doctors of BC, and BC NDP celebrate the LFP, Family Doctors are still struggling to make ends meet and keep their practices open after 20+ years of fee increases that haven’t kept up with inflation. Family Drs deserve 2x fees + retroactive pay.

100% Agree. Family Doctors have to advocate and educate what exactly the value of primary care is, their role in it, and their value physicians.

… and compare the increase to what was giving to doctors that provide the care

Yeah!!’ Let’s amplify that! Every family doctors did a residency!!!!!

Do you think pay for family docs (FPs) in BC is a "solved" problem because of LFP, minus a few details? Think again. The scenario below shows "good" FPs always lose financially to "bad" FPs, often by quite a bit. And "bad" FPs cost the system MUCH more, as illustrated.

Admin burden is only an issue because of how poorly Family Drs are remunerated. The shortage of FDs is not caused by excess paperwork, it's directly caused by 20yrs of sub-inflationary increases. FM has become financially unviable. The admin burden is the symptom not the disease

Every physician in BC should read and share Mark’s letter. markroseman.com/docs/

The QB Gov plans to use the Notwithstanding Clause to force Drs trained in the pros to stay. Instead of addressing Canada’s Dr shortage at its root—two decades of underpaying physicians. theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…

It's not just Alberta—this issue affects all of Canada. The gap between fees paid to family doctors and inflation has grown so wide that family medicine is becoming financially unsustainable & less appealing as a career. We must advocate for fair fees to reverse this trend.

So maddening. THIS kinda misleading noise does such harm. 👇 VERY obviously vaccines safety already studied! Mountains & decades of data. Thousands of researchers work in space. National surveillance programs. Independent entities assessing safety. Etc. It is also an example of

The real tragedy with BC's health system? Deliberate lack of transparency means almost nobody knows how broadly dysfunctional it is. And how little we know about the low productivity and ineffectiveness of the massive resources devoted to it. Things could be so much better.