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Quebec’s 2025 healthcare overhaul collapsed amid physician backlash, public doubt, and leadership changes.
Quebec’s 2025 healthcare overhaul, aiming to assign 1.5 million unattached patients to family doctors and end fee-for-service payments, collapsed within months due to fierce physician opposition, public skepticism, and fears of mass doctor departures.
The government scaled back targets, scrapped penalties, and preserved fee-for-service payments, while Health Minister Christian Dubé resigned and Premier François Legault stepped down.
The failure highlights the risks of sweeping reforms without broad consensus, underestimating medical professionals’ influence, and misjudging public trust, underscoring the difficulty of systemic change amid entrenched interests and low confidence in government.
La reforma del sistema de salud de Quebec para 2025 se derrumbó en medio de la reacción negativa de los médicos, la duda pública y los cambios de liderazgo.