End of Medicare.
Four in ten Australians would be willing to ditch bulk billing and pay up to $25 out-of-pocket to see a GP in exchange for shorter waiting times and longer consultations | @AnnaPattySMHhttps://www.smh.com.au/healthcare/gp-payment-boost-trial-to-help-sustain-medicare-system-20200925-p55z44.html?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1601944320 …
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Those four in ten Australians should come and live here in the US. The $25 quickly becomes a $500 15 minute consultation and don’t expect a reduction in waiting times!
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most of the Australians pay $2k a year form taxes for Medicare plus another $1000 on levy surcharge. I bet north of them visit GPs less than $3k / $500 = 6 times s year
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Fark right off SMH !
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Given I already pay a gap of $25.95 to see my GP and that’s quite cheap for the ones in this area (no bulk billing ones in easy reach), I’m not sure how this is supposed to work?
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Exactly! We have to pay a gap for our young children (under 16) too. This is just going to hike up the price of going to the GP, and more people will end up in our hospital system
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Aren't there plenty of places where they can already pay and leave the 60% of people who want to keep bulk-billing out of this?
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So it's coming, as we knew it would. The LNP have always hated free health care. Another nail in Australia's coffin.
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Bet something will be in tonight’s budget.
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And 10 out of 10 pensioners would disagree
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