tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23053767.post115915415031431247..comments2024-01-30T12:46:10.810-05:00Comments on Yappa Ding Ding: On the Subject of Fighting Back...Yappahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18126433451905766475noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23053767.post-1159192953916479972006-09-25T10:02:00.000-04:002006-09-25T10:02:00.000-04:00Hi Dan,Thanks for your post. It's refreshing to ge...Hi Dan,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for your post. It's refreshing to get intelligent counter-arguments. <BR/><BR/>I remember when Rae implemented the salary cap on doctor's remuneration (isn't it still in effect?). I thought it was a good idea, and still do. I also think that the shortage of doctors was more a result of the changes in health care transfer payments during the Chretien years and is a Canada-wide problem, but you could be right that the caps contributed to it. And you could be right that he might have tried alternatives. I don't see it as a disastrous plan. He found a middle way between the British salary system and the US sky's-the-limit system.Yappahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18126433451905766475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23053767.post-1159159227456378162006-09-25T00:40:00.000-04:002006-09-25T00:40:00.000-04:00I agree with you about the donations - who cares. ...I agree with you about the donations - who cares. But, I couldn't disagree more with the last half of your post. I grew up in the 905 during the Rae days, and from talking to friends and family now, they are discrediting the liberal party for even having him as a candidate. I think that's a little much personally, and think that he's a welcome addition to the party - but that's it. <BR/><BR/>One brief example of Rae's ideas and leadership when premier: Healthcare. <BR/><BR/>Trying to combat the rising cost of delivering health care, Rae incorrectly assumed that the reasons healthcare was so expensive was due to the doctors. He then initiated an ill thought out salary cap that took no account of overhead, and scaled back funding for medical school sites. The result? Massie emmigratino of ontario docs to the states in subsequent years, as well as a diminished supply of new young doctors to replenish and renew - all in the face of an aging population and inevitable mass retirement of baby-boomer docs currently carrying the brunt of the work on their backs. <BR/>A good idea would have been to work to retain docs in the system with creative ideas to cut costs (restructuring fee systems, curbing skying pharmaceutical costs... god forbid anybody mention PREVENTION).<BR/><BR/>The people of Ontario have a number of bones to pick with Bob, and a lack of physicians and intolerable wait times are some of them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com