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The experts are “perplexed”. How cute. It was obvious this was going to be the outcome when an addictive substance was being pushed as legit medicine with piss poor evidence to back the claims up abc.net.au/news/2025-05-19/m…
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‘Butler went on to say the government would be keeping a “close eye on gap fees” and other charges.
“We want to see a response from general practice to the very significant investment on behalf of taxpayers,” he said.’ Gap fees = failure of the public insurance @Mark_Butler_MP
Health minister tells Australians to ‘ring around’ to find GPs who bulk bill dlvr.it/T219vR
So to paraphrase - the majority who voted no are dumb, old, poor and rural.
At least they were jn the majority which is what really count in a democratic process abc.net.au/news/2023-10-15/v…
iiNet decided to stop hosting my emails and hand if over to “the messaging company” Like thousands of other users u either chose to change decades worth of contact details or change to the new provider. The change happened this week and today all email has stopped working
- with total radio silence from iiNet and TMC.
Pathetic service from an entity that I have had my emails with for over 23 years @iiNet @TPG_Telecom @choiceaustralia @abcnews @australian
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Payroll tax is a substantial threat to equitable healthcare
I walk you through the details here
14 minutes, but you can speed it up👇
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lost in all this is the fact that the stage 3 tax cut recipients pay the vast lions share of the taxes which make up government revenue. Also lost is that the ave person on $92k, is also a beneficiary of these tax cuts, but a lesser amount (of course, tax is a %). ABC and math🤦♂️
When all else fails resort to a divide & conquer approach
#gpsunderattack
‘Slash private hospital rebates to prop up GPs and bulk billing’ afr.com/politics/federal/sla…
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And if they can’t afford a private script of Fluticasone-they most certainly can’t afford to see a private paediatrician. Therefore public outpatient waiting list of years?
This is unworkable policy again for the most vulnerable.
We’ve just published this article on this policy change: theconversation.com/new-asth…
You could write to the PBAC to register your concern if you like. pbac.pbs.gov.au/information/…
“We’re supposed to have free healthcare”
Surely @abcnews should be aware that this is NOT the case? Mandatory bulkbilling for all GP services has never been part of Medicare. Yet another salvo fired by the anti-GP brigade abc.net.au/news/2023-04-10/b…
Curious what a health insurer has to gain by funding asynchronic teleconsults ? We know it has nothing to do with good medicine nor good healthcare so I guess all that remains is good profits midnight.health/uncategorize…
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Here are the facts. GPs are doing a tremendous job navigating a fiendishly complex Medicare Benefits Schedule, which includes around 6,000 items. As Dr Philip says, there is a lot of fear of the compliance regime, which is leading to GPs under-billing Medicare. #GiveUsABreak
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The silence from @adele_ferguson and @Chris_Gillett_ today is deafening. The "rorts and waste costing taxpayers billions" has been exposed as baseless. In fact, GPs are routinely propping up the health system by under-billing $350m a year. How was this story allowed to happen?
‘Unacceptable and dangerous’ deterioration in cardiology, doctors say canberratimes.com.au/story/8…
