In May 2012, the ontario government launched an attack on health care in our province.

Without consultation or negotiation, they reduced and clawed back previously agreed physician fees. They have decided that the global health care budget will be reduced significantly going forward, even as the population grows and ages. The reduced health care budget will bring the province of Ontario into crisis. It is, we believe, irresponsible for the government to act as they are. In fact, such sweeping changes will result in lives threatened and lives lost because the government is far more eager to point fingers rather than own responsibility and accept accountability.

Physicians have offered countless times, through the Ontario Medical Association, to work with the government to find solutions to global health cost issues.

As a group of physicians, we feel compelled to speak out, and attempt to have those who read this understand that the government is short sighted and acting dangerously.

We must do all we can to continue to offer quality health care to our patients.

We must do all we can to expose and oppose the government cuts to health care that will harm the health of our patients.

We must try and keep our staff employed. We have an obligation to treat them with respect and dignity. We recognize their continued contribution will allow us to go on providing quality health care to those we care for.

We must try to kep our office hours from being reduced because of government cuts.

We must try and keep family medicine alive. Having a relationship with a family physician is essential for good care and good health.

We must try to stay working in the same community that we are committed to. We recognize that under the suggested government cutbacks, it will be much easier to work in clinics, where we are less familiar to the patients and where they are less familiar to us.

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Doctors outline what must be done