This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy.The head of the Alberta Medical Association says many factors led to the recent collapse of a proposed master agreement with the province, but he says a key one was lack of trust.
“I’m not going to bring back another agreement unless I have pretty good confidence that it’s going to pass,” Boucher said in an interview.“Another failed ratification would be a disaster for everyone as far as I’m concerned.” Boucher said normally such deals pass with a strong majority. But during the voting process, he said he heard from about 3,000 physicians and many told him their core concern was that the pact left them too exposed to a government they didn’t trust.“I think a lot of members just weren’t sure that this was going to be the case. And there wasn’t enough clarity or safeguards to ensure that their voices were going to be heard and that they would be treated fairly within it.
But he said a key concern was that binding arbitration had been replaced by mediation, albeit with the mediation decision made public. In addition, the AMA lawsuit would be cancelled.
Source: Healthcare Press (healthcarepress.net)
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