The
idea, put forward by provincial Auditor-General Kim McPherson, to make
the individual pay of doctors public has been rejected by the Alward
Government.
Health
Minister Ted Flemming met with the New Brunswick Medical Society to talk
about the concerns raised by her about double billing on the part of
some doctors.
Anthony
Knight of the Medical Society says it supports addressing what he calls
rare inconsistencies but tells Tide News the doctors have gone out of
their way to help out the province financially with a two year freeze on
any increases in their Medicare fee schedules. He questions how much
value the provincial government has placed on that.
The
Medical Society has told us doctors believe they have been under attack
of late in some sort of campaign to taint the public's perception of
them but adds they're looking forward to a stronger relationship with
the Department of Health.