Left wing Canucks oppose the choice of Private as well as Public Medicine. ( UK has allowed Private medicine since the start of the NHS in 1947)
The`Canada Health Act forbids charging for so-called "medically necessary" items : "medical necessity" NEVER DEFINED. Dentistry only paid for Social service recipients. In Ontario eye tests not paid between
20-64y unless eyes diseased. Average PRIVATE cost = $80-120 (Govt pays about $45)
Ontario residents willing to pay about $3,300 a year for a Season Ticket in Public Golf Courses + about $20 a round for a Golf cart. Yet MDs are not allowed to charge even a dollar extra for a visit.
Federal and Provincial governments are unable to control increase of Medicine.
Private donations to Hospitals are welcome; donors give millions to hospitals buyt are not allowed to pay privately to MDs.
The legal loophole to permit charging is by offering extra services not covered by Gov. insurance. Both Canada-wide MEDISYS Health Group Inc & Toronto CLEVELAND CLINIC (Canada) charge about $3,000/person for excellent Private medicine in luxurious surroundings. Many excecutives from major corporations are subscribers.
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Sunday, December 11, 2011
Change in OMA GOVERNANCE
Dec 11, 2011
OMA: GOVERNANCE CHANGE
Not-for-Profit Corporactions Act (ONCA) will come into force in 2012..
1) ALL-MEMBER ("shareholder")MEETINGS of 33,000 OMA members
2) DIRECT PROVINCE-WIDE mail/electronic or PROXY voting by ALL memebers
3) COUNCIL possibly replaced by selected"council" of elected members.OR
4) DIRECT MEMBER voting on ALL Motions (SWISS style of DIRECT voting)
Present COUNCIL (292) made-up of
77 Branch Societies: 142 elected delegates
62 Sections : 109 elected delegates
BOARD: 25 elected delegates
(will ask OMA to explain missing 16)
Present BOARD (25) made up of
11 Districts: represented by 19 elected delegates
Clinical Teachers by ONE elected delegates.
ASSEMBLIES 2 from General Practice; 1 each from MEDICAL,SURGICAL, & DIAGNOSTIC.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: SIX chosen by BOARD
COMMITTEES: 65 all members selected by Committee on Committees and are paid daily honoraria plus full travel & hotel expenses.
Governance planning supervised by
Past Assist. Deputy Minister Labour & Past Deputy Minister Ontario Management Board , James("Jim") R. THOMAS P.Eng.(Queen's) LLB(York)
Centre for Creative Change Inc.
2181 Yonge St. #3302,
Toronto M4S 3H7
416 535 6994
1) ALL-MEMBER ("shareholder")MEETINGS of 33,000 OMA members
2) DIRECT PROVINCE-WIDE mail/electronic or PROXY voting by ALL memebers
3) COUNCIL possibly replaced by selected"council" of elected members.OR
4) DIRECT MEMBER voting on ALL Motions (SWISS style of DIRECT voting)
Present COUNCIL (292) made-up of
77 Branch Societies: 142 elected delegates
62 Sections : 109 elected delegates
BOARD: 25 elected delegates
(will ask OMA to explain missing 16)
Present BOARD (25) made up of
11 Districts: represented by 19 elected delegates
Clinical Teachers by ONE elected delegates.
ASSEMBLIES 2 from General Practice; 1 each from MEDICAL,SURGICAL, & DIAGNOSTIC.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: SIX chosen by BOARD
COMMITTEES: 65 all members selected by Committee on Committees and are paid daily honoraria plus full travel & hotel expenses.
Governance planning supervised by
Past Assist. Deputy Minister Labour & Past Deputy Minister Ontario Management Board , James("Jim") R. THOMAS P.Eng.(Queen's) LLB(York)
Centre for Creative Change Inc.
2181 Yonge St. #3302,
Toronto M4S 3H7
416 535 6994
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