Montreal Gazette
🏢 Postmedia
📍 QC
Aug 5, 2026
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Exclusive: 28 Quebec medical specialists quit RAMQ this year to go fully private
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HEALTH
Exclusive: 28 Quebec medical specialists quit RAMQ this year to go fully private
Fewer than 20 doctors have pulled out of medicare in all of the rest of Canada.
Five Quebec anesthesiologists and four orthopedic surgeons are among those who have opted out of medicare so far this year. (Mike Hensen / Postmedia files)
By
Aaron Derfel
August 5, 2026 at 1:13 p.m.
Last Updated: August 5, 2026 at 7:05 p.m.
More than two dozen medical specialists — including five anesthesiologists and four orthopedic surgeons — had opted out of medicare by mid-July and have gone fully private despite a law l…
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