UK INDEPENDENT: Private UK medicine worth NINE BILLION DOLLARS a year.
In Toronto Ontario Government Insurance rates pay GPs about $150 a hour GROSS before office expenses; about the same as a LAW CLERK in a large Law office. Illegal to offer privately what Government offers free.
Cosmetic medicine mainly private as are Eye exams between 20-64y, (unless there is a` medical necessity or poverty)
Doctors moving to Private medicine friendly British Columbia, Quebec and of course the USA.
Status of Doctors in Ontario Hospital degraded by new laws that remove voting power of doctors sitting on Hospital Boards.( unless strangely they do not work in the hospital!).
Legal loophole is the "WELLNESS CLINIC" offering non-Government insured services such as Dietitian, Psychologist, Fitness trainer etc. GPs and Specialists work in the Wellness Clinics but do not bill the government for their services. Unlike the UK, the Ontario government will still pay for Lab and Xrays in a private facility.Main private medicine suppliers in Toronto are MEDISYS Health Group Inc.& CLEVELAND CLINIC CANADA with a 30,000 sq.ft office. (see web sites. Average yearly fee approx. $4,000.
Unlike Montreal there is NO PRIVATE EMERGENCY. . Waits can easily be 4-6 hours. Offering to pay does not help. Quicker to take a 2 hr Limo ride to LEWISTON, USA. Mount St. Mary hospital. Phone ahead to arrange Specialist consult.
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