Met with 2 "New Doctors" yesterday, both GPs moving to NS from out west. When I asked if they had considered PEI they told me PEI is not looking for doctors. I told them about my political aspirations and asked them if they would talk to me about the health care system. It was amazing what they were saying:
* The system is not working.
* As doctors they are doing very little real medicine rather they are dealing with splinters and rashes and very candidly they say that that is where they make their money rather than dealing with real medicines they have to pound through patients to make their salary
* Improve the system and cost by using Nurse Practitioners, preventive medicine, developing ownership from people using the system by allowing patients see just how much their system costs and how much is spent on individuals.
* We have all kinds of foreign trained doctors driving taxis because of road blocks in the system designed to keep down the number of doctors.
* The continued expansion of administrative paperwork in the health system is mostly to justify a growing administration not a growing doctor base.
We had an amazing conversation on what could be done to reduce costs and improve the system as well as address root problems and in the end they said no wants to listen.
They agreed if I actually want to improve our level of care and "REDUCE" cost they would love to share their ideas however they and many other forward looking doctors are getting tired of election promises and BS for a system that needs real leadership. I think I may have found a couple of grass root common sense doctors to consult with as we move ahead.
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