#given they're considered independent contractors

[awkward-teabag]

And people (read: politicians) wonder why no one wants to go into family practice rather than specializing.

I'm glad the article mentions how BC just changed our system (granted it's opt-in) as before family doctors were making about $30/visit. It was at a point where people were either specializing, leaving the province, or opting to not move here in the first place because the pay wasn't enough with the high cost of living, particularly housing.

Of course it would also help if family doctors weren't also expected to pay out of pocket for equipment, leases, staff, etc... Because if you specialize, you make more money and get to keep everything after taxes for yourself.

So I'm not surprised Ontario pays so little, especially under Ford.

As the number of people across Ontario without a family doctor reaches a record high, Premier Doug Ford's government is facing a fresh push to make family practice more attractive to physicians by improving compensation.

The contract that covers how doctors are paid in this province, known as the physician services agreement, expires at the end of March. The government is in negotiations with the Ontario Medical Association (OMA), the doctors' bargaining agent, on a new deal. 

Family doctors' pay in particular is in the spotlight in those talks, in a way that it hasn't been for a long time.

That's in part because there's a growing chorus of physicians arguing that compensation is one of the key root causes why at least 2.2 million Ontarians don't have a family doctor, a number forecast to nearly double in just a few years. [...]

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[greenenoughgrass]

there is too much violence in this world

aren't you tired of all the fighting? not just the literal warfare and genocide, but the fighting we do to stay afloat?

i'm so tired of my loved ones being threatened with financial violence

when your barista is on edge-- not bc of the caffeine but bc they're at risk of losing their job bc this is the third time they've been late this year

when my boyfriend lost his full-time job at a vet hospital because the manager caused relations with the landlord to become hostile so they had to close and he didn't get re-hired by the same company.

when your friend in tech knows somebody on a visa with family abroad who was let go with two weeks of severance. before the holiday season.

when your favorite people don't talk to you for weeks, months, maybe years on end bc they're too busy living hand-to-mouth at a fucking dead-end job where their time and spoons are sucked into a void

when your stylist friend assumes you're not friends anymore bc you haven't heard from each other in years

and your server friend has to work at four different restaurants to make rent and car insurance

when all these places say they're hiring but never call back even if you interview well

when managers dodge and weave their way out of accountability

and grocery prices continue to climb

and your artist buddies have 9-5s so they can do pop-up markets on the weekends

and the poor musicians; always abundant, never prosperous. who tips them?

even the lucky ones who work for sweet small business "families" are at risk of being let go within a week for the most inane shit

the independent contractors are completely fucked, good luck paying for healthcare and that self employment tax; you have no ally but your reputation, no advocate but yourself

when you're paralyzed by debt and can't even consider structured payments, you prioritize by throwing away any hope for good credit with the envelopes

the gnashing cogs of this rusted contraption have chewed out all our sentiment and peace of mind like old bubblegum losing its flavor

it has stolen precious moments from us that can never be given back. it takes what cannot be priced and demands urgency and comformity

it has ripped away our comforts and our joys and made our blood turn gray and stale with silence

we deserve better. we are owed so much.