You are incorrect and providing very bad advice
Until another driver clips you, then you may prefer a higher compensation for the nurse
That is part of the scam. At least 2 years if the time spent in university is unnecessary...so that also limits supply and heightens barriers to entry. There are a lot other barriers to entry and barriers that prevent Dr. wages from falling. The fact is a Dr. CANNOT offer his services for less to attract more business. Also there ARE Dr that are under employed and cannot practice their craft due to being "locked out" (unable to get hospital rights etc etc).
I am not paid at all. I work for myself and depend on no union or origanization to protect my livelihood. I admire those who make their own livelihood with innovation, being their own bosses, including SPs, no matter how much they make. Doctors are businessmen like any other businessmen but with one major advantage - union protection. This advantage comes with a price like many have pointed out - long time and high costs of education, which in itself is unreasonably instilled by medical associations to limit physician licenses.
The CRA is only permitted a certain period to reassess taxes. Normally, it's three years from the original assessment (you know, the blue letter you get after you file). So, if you don't file, you don't get assessed, and they could come after you whenever they feel like it (sleep with one eye open?)
That really depends on the bigger picture. In Canada, our model of socialized medicine actually requires collective bargaining associations like the OMA to protect the docs. Otherwise, the gov't would just screw them over (Contrary to popular belief, gov't do screw over docs. Just ask psychiatrists how they fared in the last round of OHIP fee negotiations, or what the fee for an "A004" general consult appt has been for a GP the past 20 years.)
False. False. False. Costs to the health care system will not decrease.
Your arrogance knows no bounds.
You remain on the wrong planet. Insurance expenses for docs in the United States are already high. How much would they go up if you lower the quality of doctor training.
I agree the size of pie stays the same. What I meant is the costs for individual docs visit will decrease - for the consumers / patients. The pie may even increase , but it will be justified as more / better service is provided.
So you are suggesting our front line docs should be trained less. Good call. Are you willing to pay for the increases in insurance this will cost us, and apologize to the famalies of the dead? How many med mal cases are directed at family docs? Who write the vast majority of prescriptions in Ontario? When you go to an emergency ward...what kind of doc are you most likely to encounter? When surgery is being done in a hospital what kind of doc is most likely to be assisting?
Three personal friends of mine are doctors. One family doctor, one heart surgeon, one oncology specialist. Family doctor friend tells me his work is very repetitive and simple, even an experienced nurse can handle 90% of his work. When I was in university, several of my close friends tried to get into medical school, but failed. One is highly intelligent, and gets 95% on almost all his tests. But the year he applied to medical school, the cut off mark was 96.5% - result of 50000 applicants for about 100 seats. He is an investment analyst in a big financial institution in HK, making no less than a doctor. I have no doubt, if he were admitted to medical school, he would be an excellent doctor. The truth is that there is no shortage of qualified people to become doctors, it is because of greedy union medical associations setting the bars too high to prevent too many people getting into the field to dilute their prestige and fees they can charge for simple prescriptions and referral services. As the result, patients have to endure the long waiting time to access to some of the simplest medicine.
It is amazing how you can answer none of my questions. None.
Not a win for people getting Doctors like Nick Riviera. there's a reason why people would rather have the best and brightest caring for their lives.
I completely agree with you - that pay should depend on the service delivered, not number of years in school. The current system however rewards doctors who see large number of patients per day, or how many prescriptions you write, as OHIP pays certain dollar amount per patient visit. Not so much how much time you spend with one patient, or how much attention you provide to that patient, nor does it measure how well you treat them. This is why if you have multiple health problems, most docs require you to make separate appointments for each problem, instead of trying to solve all of them in a single session - as there is no way for him to charge OHIP more for more service delivered.That is why walk-in clinics and family medicine offices usually have a long queue of patients, and docs try to see 100 patients a day, and spend as little time with each as possible. Granted there are some good docs, fortunately I found one, who would try to solve 2 or even 3 of my problems at single visit and he keeps a short waiting list by not accepting new patients.
It is funny to watch you run away from all of the substantive issues.
