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from page 1
planned for months previous to the request
for someone to attend the forum in
Goderich.
Grossman accused the government of
overkill in the way they are handling the
issue of health care accessibility. "What
you have is the extension of a very small
problem where less than one per cent of
the people in Ontario have a problem with
extra -billing and the government comes in
changing the way the profession looks at
itself and the relationship between the doc-
tors and the government.
"The approach is very out of focus, You
provide bad. government if you don't try to
keep the problem and its solution
relative," said Grossman. "This is overkill
and the exercise of power isn't worth it.
"How many will have a dramatically
improved health care as the result of Bill
94 and how many will have their health'
care quality damaged over the next 10
years because of the greatly changed rela-
tionship between the doctors and the
government resulting from Bill 94 .. "
Grossman asked.
Grossman said the premier has backed
himself into a cornor and the Liberals
don't have the political maturity to back
off. He suggested Peterson can resolve the
issue by simply backing away, leaving Bill
94 on the order paper and negotiating with
the doctors until the end of 1986. The
government has one year to comply with
the Canada Health Act to qualify for $50
million in federal health transfer
payments.
The Conservative leader said he promis-
ed to support the government if they
agreed to negotiate with the OMA until the
end of 1986. "I told Mr. Peterson yesterday
I would support the government on the
specific issue of negotiation until the end of
1986 and not let them be cornered on an
election on the issue of negotiating."
He called the proposed bill the last great
hurdle to government taking over the
health care system. "Once every doctor is
conscripted. into the system in this way, it
is eash to begin to tell them where they are
going to practise. It is easy to cap their in-
comes. It is easy to begin to second guess
their judgements and to put barriers to the
numbers of procedures they can per-
form."
Grossman said when the health care
system in Canada is destroyed after the
passage of Bill 94, he won't be telling his
children `Bob Rae required me to do it. It
was the price to pay to get into public of-
fice.'
"I will be able to stand on principle. I
will be able to tell,them it wasn't a perfect
system but it was the best in the world."
Grossman invited the constitutents in
Elston's riding to take him up on('a
challenge he made in an interview on CBC
Radio two weeks ago. "Elston has invited
his constituents to kick a certain part of his
• anatomy all around ,his riding if he is
misguided on this issue. I invite you to do
it," said Grossman.
Less than one per cent ,of the population
may have a problem with extra- billing.
For this we have the erosion of the founds-
---tion of medicare, observed Grossman.
He went on to say doctors opting out has
slipped from 1,8 per cent t v 11 per cent.
"How does Elston treat the physicians
He says the physicians criticism is out of
an ideological time warp."
"This sort of rhetoric is inap-
propriate. "One member of the audience at
the forum commented that she had been
extra- billed more than 4.0 per cent beyond
the OHIP rate by a physician. "It does
happen. I still have the bill and I'm waiting
for the repercussions (since she has decid-
ed not to pay it)." she said. She continued
by commenting that she doesn't agree with
making all doctors civil servants but she
disagrees with the thought that her doctor
can look at her and say, `I think she can af-
ford it, I'll extra -bill her.'
Grossman made the observation in light
of her remarks that Elston should take
time out from "doctor bashing" to come
and listen and then sit down and quietly lay
all of these issues on the table for discus-
sion with the OMA. Dr. Bruce Thomson
told the woman that historically doctors
are not in the business of hurting people
financially and'that if a patient has a con-
cern about a bill they should contact the
College of Physicians and Surgeons or the
Ontario Medical Association.
Grossman said he brought in the prere-
quisite that a physician discuss extra- bill-
ing with a patient prior to treatment in
September, 1983 while he was health
minister. He said if a physician fails to
consult prior to treatment the patient does
not have to pay more than 24 per cent
beyond the OHIP rate which is the dif-
ference between the OHIP fee schedule
and the OMA schedule.
Another member off the audience asked
if the premier's comments on a special tax
health tax were an indication of his inten-
tions. Grossman answered that even
though he withdrew the suggestion of a
sickness tax or user fee, the premier had
indicated a year ago that orf of things he
would do is implement a special tax On the
rich. "A sickness tax is not far below the
surface of his .political philosophy," added
Grossman.
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