Edit: Sorry they still have to vote to see if they will accept the deal.
Watching the news it was mentioned as a side note amongst the teachers strike covereage that the doctor's signed a deal
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/story/2012/11/13/ontario-doctors-fees.html
Points of interest for me were....
The tentative fee agreement with the Ontario Medical Association, worth $11.1 billion a year, adds $100 million to the total compensation package for doctors but includes savings in other areas to completely offset the increase, added Matthews.
The $100 million won't even cover the fees for the 600 new doctors who set up shop in Ontario each year, added the minister.
The two-year deal provides increased payments for lumbar spine X-rays, CT scans and doctors' home visits to seniors, as well as reversing six of the 34 fee cuts the government made in May for such things as an after-hours premium, a flat fee for anaesthesia and self-referral fees.
The Progressive Conservatives lashed out at the Liberals for not sticking to the fee cuts announced in May, and complained they can't ask questions about the OMA deal in the legislature because Premier Dalton McGuinty prorogued it until sometime next year.
The NDP said the Liberals were sending the wrong message to other public sector workers, including teachers and members of the Ontario Public Service Employees Union, who started negotiations Tuesday with the government on a wage freeze.
"They've negotiated what appears to be an increase for doctors," said New Democrat house leader Gilles Bisson
Matthews said it does meet the province's objective of freezing the wages of all public sector workers for two years to trim a $14.4-billion deficit.
"We can characterize this as a real wage freeze," she said.
I'm a bit curious as to see more details to see if this is a freeze or not. I'm also intrigued by how quietly this has been done. Mind you I get my news from yahoo, ctv, cp24 and the radio.
Watching the news it was mentioned as a side note amongst the teachers strike covereage that the doctor's signed a deal
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/story/2012/11/13/ontario-doctors-fees.html
Points of interest for me were....
The tentative fee agreement with the Ontario Medical Association, worth $11.1 billion a year, adds $100 million to the total compensation package for doctors but includes savings in other areas to completely offset the increase, added Matthews.
The $100 million won't even cover the fees for the 600 new doctors who set up shop in Ontario each year, added the minister.
The two-year deal provides increased payments for lumbar spine X-rays, CT scans and doctors' home visits to seniors, as well as reversing six of the 34 fee cuts the government made in May for such things as an after-hours premium, a flat fee for anaesthesia and self-referral fees.
The Progressive Conservatives lashed out at the Liberals for not sticking to the fee cuts announced in May, and complained they can't ask questions about the OMA deal in the legislature because Premier Dalton McGuinty prorogued it until sometime next year.
The NDP said the Liberals were sending the wrong message to other public sector workers, including teachers and members of the Ontario Public Service Employees Union, who started negotiations Tuesday with the government on a wage freeze.
"They've negotiated what appears to be an increase for doctors," said New Democrat house leader Gilles Bisson
Matthews said it does meet the province's objective of freezing the wages of all public sector workers for two years to trim a $14.4-billion deficit.
"We can characterize this as a real wage freeze," she said.
I'm a bit curious as to see more details to see if this is a freeze or not. I'm also intrigued by how quietly this has been done. Mind you I get my news from yahoo, ctv, cp24 and the radio.
