It continues to blow my mind that Tony Abbott almost got rolled for trying to introduce a $5 GP co-pay and since then, a $40+ fee has been introduced by stealth and it isn’t even an election issue
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The system is back to front. The Super Specialist GP who treats the whole human body should be paid the current specialist fee & the "specialist" should be paid the current GP fee for only dealing with one body part. Urgent forensic specialist fee scrutiny needed before Medicare system collapses.
Gov blaming Medicare decline on whatever deliberately smoke screened the politics of "specialists". It's in the same category & mindset as the classist "private schools" & in particular, that cut above public, Howard's "private health care". I give my views to my GP & Super GP on each visit. SM too.
$40 is still a relatively small price to pay compared to everywhere else in the world Esp US
LNP decimated all govt services
If returned it's going to get much much worse
Maybe GP rebate increases can be funded by reducing other specialist rebates?
how much time have you spent navigating healthcare in the US and in Aus? you can say a lot of positive things about healthcare here, but price is approaching parity
Keep up. Labor does not raise Medicare rebates b/c it does not back Medicare. Simple. Example of Labor middleclass mindset: huge increases to private schools locked in for years at the expense of public schools. Public schools funding has been cut, has no security & can FO. See also housing.
Howard's private health scheme set Medicare up for failure & for Australia to end up with an American Health Care System. The "specialists" system & cash only upfront has also pushed for Medicare's collapse through fees few can afford. Just another consequence of Howardism we are paying for.
It seems all professional political class' ethics, moral compass, conscience & funding cuts out after providing for their more Pru Goward type middleclass, its private schooling, private health care, accumulation of rental properties & an exceptionally well feathered nest while they shit in ours.
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Their remuneration for same procedure can be up to 10x less than drs who specialise in a single field
eg dermatology
GP rebates were frozen for a decade under LNP
Unlike other specialists
LNP decimated all govt services
If returned it's going to get much much worse
Maybe GP rebate increases can be funded by reducing other specialist rebates?
stopped announcing policy and quietly introduced changes
or announced policy and didn't follow through