title: Doctor/Government fee negotiations in Canada.
abstract: The original medicare act, passed by a socialist government in Saskatchewan in 1962, ;invented' extra-billing and health care insurance premiums. Now the Canada Health Act seeks to ban extra-billing by penalizing provinces which reimburse patients who have been so billed. The patient, not the profession, loses. Yet the public's perception is that the government is acting in their best interests! This retrograde step takes Canada back to square one-premedicare Saskatchewan in 1962.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Baltzan