Times Colonist - Victoria - February 28, 2013
In her "A GP for Me" plan, Health Minister Margaret MacDiarmid is promising an extra $100 million for 176,000 new patients. That works out to $568 per year per new patient, which would pay for a simple GP office visit about every three weeks for an average patient, one per month for the frail, or one visit every six weeks for complex or pregnant patients.
Especially for the frail and complex, it is unlikely that my general-practitioner colleagues can provide the medical care needed in the time made available to them per patient by these fees.