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Ask the GPs who covers them if something goes wrong. Months in, they still can't get a straight answer.
An indemnity scheme was announced in June. By August, the details were still being worked out with the peak bodies. Doctors want a no-fault scheme, so injured patients aren't stuck proving negligence and GPs' insurance doesn't climb. AMA president Omar Khorshid says the current system puts an unfair burden on injured patients.
Sydney Uni's Nick Wood points out the US, the UK and dozens of other countries already have no-fault schemes.
I spent twenty years at a front desk. Nothing makes a doctor go quiet faster than an unanswered insurance question. If you want people confident, write the safety net down first and announce it second. That's not politics. That's just paperwork done in the right order.
Talk to your GP or health professional about your own body.
Source: ABC News, 2021-08-10
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