A fee increase for hospital medical and dental procedures has gone before legislators.

Jeanne Atherden, the Minister of Health, stressed that physicians have not seen the annual fees order change in the last two years, even after the sector fell by 13 per cent in 2013. Meanwhile, the Bermuda Dental Association sets its fees in accordance with Ontario Dental Association guidelines.

This 2015 Order, brought before the House of Assembly, sets a 3 per cent increase for medical procedures and sets dental rates at the Ontario standard.