2015 Ontario Health Cut Backs: Overview and Specific Impact on Primary Care

• DOI: 10.18192/uojm.v5i1.1306
• Publication Date: 2015-05-25T05:47:16Z
• Authors: Brittany Harrison; Merry Guo
• Keywords: Family health; Family doctors

On February 1st 2015, the Ontario government began implementing a series of unilateral cut-backs to health care in Ontario. These changes include 2.65% decrease physician fees across-the-board, restricting entry into Family Health Organizations (FHO) and Networks (FHN), discontinuing enrolment premiums, Income Stabilization program [1-7]. Without doubt, family physicians are amongst most heavily impacted [8]. In this commentary, we attempt summarize recent events leading these cut-backs, discuss potential implications with relation primary particular.