When a mother took her son to a doctor’s appointment recently, she noticed a message in the waiting room. “For your safety and ours, please limit the discussion with your provider to one issue per visit.” Her tweet about it, sparked a debate about a longstanding issue in the health-care system.
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Indeed, the “one issue per visit” issue has been around for a long time and is widely regarded as a symptom of the fee-for-service
system — where physicians bill the government per appointment rather
than draw a salary. It’s the way more than 70 per cent of Canadian
doctors are paid. A family doctor is generally paid between $30 to $40
per patient for a regular visit.