The Alberta Medical Association says the government is going ahead with its proposed health-care restructuring despite the COVID-19 pandemic. She says he committed to get back to her before the new physician funding framework came into effect Wednesday. Total physician compensation remains flat at $5.4 billion in the government's 2020-21 budget, but the new physician funding framework will change how doctors are paid for their work. Molnar acknowledged that the province had suspended changes to how family doctors are paid for in-person visits and delayed implementation of changes to stipends. Shandro said in a statement responding to the letter that he was working with the medical association to come to a solution.

Source: CBC News March 31, 2020 17:03 UTC