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Quebec Minister of Health and Social Services Philippe Couillard, rejected key recommendations of the Casonguay task force on the financing of the province's health care system.
The Castonguay report expresses a serious concern of public health care expenditures, that is growing faster than government revenues.
The controversial proposals include:
* the introduction of a health tax;
* greater freedom for physicians to bill privately;
* the freedom to operate a mixed medical practice within certain limits;
* allow to purchase private health insurance that would enable them to seek speedy treatment for the full range of services covered by medicare.