Why don't the doctors en masse exit OHP and other provincial plans? They would be able to set their own rates ( like dentists, physiotherapists, chiropractors and optometrists ) and health plans would reimburse according to a prescribed schedule by insurers. In the age of electronic payments, the doctors cash flow would be secure and doctors would be allowed to charge less to patients not able to afford it. All that they would not be able to do is directly bill a government plan like OHIP. For too long, the doctor's have allowed the government's fiscal problem to become their own. The government would be unable to stop the strategy.