Quebec health minister tables bill that would link doctors’ salaries to their performance

Quebec health minister tables bill that would link doctors’ salaries to their performance

The CAQ government wants to link doctors’ remuneration to performance indicators with the aim of getting them to treat more patients and the Health Minister tabled a bill in the midst of negotiations.

QUEBEC — The caquist government wants to link the remuneration of doctors to performance indicators in order to ensure that they take care of more patients. On Thursday, Health Minister Christian Dubé tabled Bill 106 in full negotiation to renew the framework agreement with the two medical federations. This bill is [...]

Surprised in Quebec City after the rejection of the Legault government's offer by the Fédération des médecins omnipraticiens du Québec (FMOQ).The Minister of Health and Social Services, Christian Dubé, will table on Thursday a bill to impose performance indicators on family physicians, but also on specialists.

Doctors put under more pressure by Dubé

Has Christian Dubé ever actually met any doctors? His new bill meant to “link doctors’ remuneration to performance indicators with the aim of having them treat more patients” will probably drive more of them either out of Quebec or at least into private practice.

On Thursday, the Minister of Health, Christian Dubé, tabled Bill 106 in full negotiation to renew the framework agreement with the two medical federations. This bill is very badly received by the doctors, who call it "special law." Nor was it recommended by the government's committee of experts, which rightly looked at access to the first line, La Presse revealed. The official opposition to the National Assembly said that it believed that the go…

On Thursday, the Minister of Health, Christian Dubé, tabled Bill 106 in full negotiation to renew the framework agreement with the two medical federations. This bill is very badly received by the doctors, who call it "special law." Nor was it recommended by the government's committee of experts, which rightly looked at access to the first line, La Presse revealed. The official opposition to the National Assembly said that it believed that the go…