CANADA : PROVINCIAL MEDICINE VARIES.

COMMENT: For non-Canadian readers, the practice of Canadian medicine varies according to Provincial political decisions. Private Hospitals legally exist in QUEBEC. Payment for expensive medication varies according to Provincial political policy. QUEBEC and ALBERTA are the most generous, (allowing MDs to make independent clinical decisions). Ont.Med Review Nov. 2013. The Ont.Govt has reduced all fees by 0.5% about $1000 a year for a GP. New political controls for Optical Coherent Tomography, colonoscopy and cervical cancer screening. Patients can get "private medicine" ,which is officially not permitted by the Canada Health Act (except in Quebec), by subscribing about $3000/year to "Wellness Clinics" which use a legal device providing non-Gov.-paid advice from Dietitians, Physiotherapists et al. Examples in Toronto are Cleveland clinic Canada, MedCan, MediSys, together with GPs with Executive clients. MDs are not permitted to practice in Provinces where they are not licenced. Lawyers can practice in another Province for 100 days a year. An Ontario MD in Ottawa cannot practice across the river in Hull,Quebec.