Nany Maree
Nineteen ninety-five a month for unlimited medical certificates. That's one online doctor's subscription.
The ABC looked at the telehealth boom: InstantScripts, UpDoc, Hola Health, Next Clinic and others. The TGA has issued InstantScripts 45 infringement notices for unlawful advertising. The Health Department lists 'opportunistic billing and emerging business models' as a 2025 priority. An RACGP committee chair warned that a first-time strong headache could be a bleed in the brain.
I'm not against convenience. Plenty of us out here are a long drive from a clinic.
But I spent twenty years on a front desk, and I know a subscription model when I see one. Is the doctor working for the patient, or for the plan?
Talk to your GP or health professional about your own body.
Source: ABC News, 2025-08-22
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