US EditionBill 2: Negotiations have broken down between family doctors and Quebec
About 40 clinics may close and thousands of patients could lose care as Bill 2 negotiations fail, deepening the province's access-to-care crisis, FMOQ said.
- On Thursday, the FMOQ confirmed negotiations had ended, saying `nothing was working` and the Legault government remained entrenched, nine days after talks resumed on Nov. 26.
- Bill 2's contested provisions prompted the standoff as it ties a portion of physician remuneration to collective targets, and the provincial government said it was open to amendments amid medical groups' discontent.
- GMF Hudson says closure could affect nearly 12,000 patients as three of its seven physicians plan to leave, while a Journal de Montréal survey found roughly 40 clinics may close.
- Legal actions accelerated as the FMOQ, FMEQ, and FMSQ asked courts to intervene after Treasury Board President France Élaine Duranceau expressed disappointment Thursday.
- With reforms due in less than a month, Bill 2 will change physician pay and target medical specialists, while family clinics warn closures will follow in the new year.
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Bill 2: Negotiations have broken down between family doctors and Quebec
Negotiations between the Fédération des médecins omnipraticiens du Québec (FMOQ) and the Legault government have broken down, nine days after they resumed. On his way into the National Assembly on Thursday morning, Premier François Legault said that he was learning the news at the same time as the reporters there and added that, “There are […]
The negotiations ended after a week of exchanges.
The Federation of General Practitioners leaves the table accusing François Legault's government of having returned to his word.
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Le Journal de QuebecThe resumption of negotiations with family doctors failed.
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