PQ is asking for $ 6 billion from the federal government for its health plan

The QP then it must be specified that he will keep his promises if he is elected, even in the event of Ottawa saying no to him. The plan notably offers an accessible and free psychotherapy service, as well as free dental care for teens ages 10 to 18 and for low-income seniors.

At a press conference in parliament, which was on the sidelines of three of his candidates who are health network professionals, PQ leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon released a complete 30-page program titled Health at your doorstepwhich aims to bring protection closer to citizens.

A separatist government will ensure that these values ​​are restored [6 milliards de dollars de fonds fédéraux] one way or another, because it is ours, this money, and we need itmaintained Mr. St-Pierre Plamondon.

unicorn nation

However, the provinces have been trying for years to get from Ottawa a substantial increase in federal transfers to better supply the health care system, but in vain. The CAQ government also failed in its attempt to increase the federal share of funding for the health care system.

The land of unicorns, it is the CAQ that says federalism will make it possible to get back 6 billion dollars.which the Caquists have not captured in the past four years, the PQ chief complained.

But will the PQ plan still stand if Ottawa says no? Yes, party press attachés later insisted.

Half of the totals, $ 3.5 billion, will come from the redistribution of existing envelopes: end of outreach to the private sector and to personnel agencies, revision of the way doctors pay, etc.

” Since 2015, private sector consumption has risen 306%, and it costs us a billion dollars in excess, more every year. “

The other $ 3.5 billion will be investing additional funds in the health budget.

A total of $ 7 billion will dramatically make it possible to reinvest significantly in home care, to double the tax credit for carers, to extend the opening hours of operating rooms, to better fund the community organizations, etc.

CLSCs

Under the PQ plan, the CLSC (local community service center) will once again be the gateway to first-line care in Quebec, originally planned when it was created.

CAQ has not fulfilled its promises in terms of the front line, the PQ leader underlined.

We are so far from a 90 -minute wait in emergencies; the percentage of patients on a stretcher increased from 17% to 24%; 60% of emergency room consultations are for minor emergencies; clearly not enough care in the first line; services completely closed.

Medical activities

In addition, to remove the blockage in the system, the plan proposes to redistribute exclusive medical tasks reserved for doctors to entrust them to other professionals.

They are very good people, stuck in a kind of vicious circle, where they always rely on the doctor, which slows down the procedures for billing and then slows down the efficiency of the network.argued with PQ candidate in Hull, Camille Pellerin-Forget, who is a physiotherapist at the Outaouais Integrated Health and Social Services Center.

He gave the example of a person with a sprained ankle and having to wait 12 hours in the emergency room, as is the current case. But there is a CLSC open 12 hours a day, the patient who shows up there will be cared for by a physiotherapist, who can prescribe an x-ray. If there is no fracture, the physiotherapist will take care of the patient immediately. If there was a fracture, he would refer it to an orthopedist, all without the need for a doctor.

Finally, if he forms the next government, the QP The health network aims to be the best employer in Quebec, with better working conditions, stability, ending forced overtime, etc. This will ensure the attraction and retention of manpower, which is currently an issue in the network.

Your health professionals are talking to you, Ms. concludes. Pellerin-Forget. There are several who participated in this project. So really, trust us and then listen to us, it’s really worth it.