Hundreds of millions of dollars meant to be invested in Quebec’s beleaguered health-care network remains in limbo more than a month after the Legault government abolished the institute overseeing the funds without warning.

The Institut de pertinence des actes médicaux (IPAM), which began operations in March 2020, was mandated to identify appropriate medical practices and savings to reinvest in projects that would improve Quebecers’ access to specialized medical services.

IPAM identified $1.9 billion in savings since its inception — $1.6 billion of which are from cuts to the remuneration of specialized physicians agreed upon in 2019, according to the institute’s latest financial report .

However, Bill 2 , which ties a portion of physicians’ compensation to collective performance

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