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News Release
Medical Reform Group of Ontario
March 4, 1986
The Medical Reform Group reaffirmed its support today for Bill 94
which would outlaw physician extra billing. Speaking before the
Legislatures Social Development Committee, Dr. Philip Berger said
that members of the group had seen senior citizens and welfare recipients
extra billed. While acknowledging that some physicians had been
scrupulous in their billing behaviour, Dr. Berger said that physicians'
economic rights to set their own fees must be subordinated to the
public's right to access to medical services without financial barriers.
The Medical Reform Group also called for a Royal Commission on the
funding of health services which would allow the public to become
educated on this complicated issue. Other recommendations included
a call for the government and the CMA to establish a fair fee negotiation
process and some simple measures to facilitate medical practice
such as plastic OHIP cards.
The Medical Reform Group was founded in 1979 and has fought to preserve
and expand medicare.
For further information contact:
Dr. Philip Berger:
Dr. Michael Rachlis
Subject Headings: Abortion
Rights – Community
Health – Community
Health Centres – Drug
Substitution – Epidemiology
– Epidemiology/Community
Medicine – Health
Administration – Health
Care Budgets – Health
Care Cost Containment – Health
Care Costs – Health
Care Delivery – Health
Care Finance & Fund-Raising – Health
Care in Canada – Health
Care in Ontario – Health
Care in the U.K. – Health
Care in the U.S. – Health
Care Myths – Health
Care Reform – Health
Care Resources – Health
Care Services – Health
Care Workers – Health
Clinics – Health
Determinants – Health
Economics – Health
Expenditures – Health
Issues – Health
Policy – Health
Policy/Seniors – Health
Service Organizations – Health/Social
Justice Issues – Health
Statistics – Health/Strategic
Planning – History
– Hospitals
– Labour
Medicine – Medical
Associations – Medical
Costs/Foreign – Medical
Education – Medical
Ethics – Medical
Human Resources – Medical
Personnel – Medical
Research Funding – Medicare
– Medication
Use – Medication
Use/Seniors – NAFTA/Health
– Occupational
Health & Safety – Patients'
Rights – Pharmaceuticals
– Physician
Compensation – Physician
Human Resources – Pro-Choice
Issues – Public
Health – Publications/Health
– Social
Policy – Women's
Health
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