Nany Maree
People can't expect to be bulk-billed anymore. That's the Consumers Health Forum talking, not some grumpy bloke at the pub.
Two clinics in South Australia's south-east are ending or cutting back bulk-billing. Kincraig in Naracoorte stops on 1 July. Millicent will charge full fees for urgent appointments, kids and pensioners included. They blame a frozen Medicare rebate, rising wages, an 18 per cent jump in insurance and not enough doctors. One practice manager has patients for ten doctors and six on the books.
I sat on a front desk for twenty years. I've seen that face on a pensioner when the card doesn't cover it.
So who froze the rebate, and who's going to tell the pensioners?
Talk to your GP or health professional about your own body.
Source: ABC News, 2022-06-23
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