Quebec commission makes recommendations

Quebec commission makes recommendations:

"Quebec - The Castonguay task force on health care proposes a $25 charge for every visit to a doctor and an increase up to one percentage point in the Quebec sales tax to help pay for medicare.

Claude Castonguay, the chair of the task force, notes that health care, as a share of the provincial budget is growing 5.8 per cent a year, while total government spending increases 3.9 per cent annually.

He proposes capping health spending at 3.9 per cent and making up for the shortfall with a new health-stability fund, financed by the $25 doctor's charge and the sales-tax increase.

Extra billing for health care is currently illegal under the Canada Health Act, which Castonguay concludes 'hampers the evolution of the provincial public health systems.'"

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