From cbc.ca
We asked for your questions about Ontario's Sunshine List. And we got them. One reader asked: Why aren't doctors on the list?
It's time for the Ontario government to reveal how much individual doctors bill the province's publicly funded health insurance plan, says a health care advocate.
Michael Decter, former deputy health minister and chair of Patients Canada, a national independent organization, said the health care system would be more open and transparent if the province put billings by doctors on its annual Sunshine List.
Currently, the annual Public Sector Salary Disclosure List reveals the names and salaries of public servants who make more than $100,000.
It includes some salaried physicians, such as those who work in community health centres, but the majority of doctors who bill OHIP are not the list because they are considered independent contractors.
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